subaltern

Example Sentences

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It’s an island nation that was dominated for centuries by a neighboring superpower, and now serves as privileged subaltern to another one.

From Salon

She had enrolled as an honorary subaltern in early 1945, when she was 18.

From New York Times

He has done so especially among sections of the white middle-class, who have suffered the erosion of their buying power and watched as the black community refused to return to its historical subaltern position.

From The Guardian

She is shown as a young ATS second subaltern during the second world war in an image posted by the British Army.

From The Guardian

His life is a series of subaltern tasks.

From New York Times