subaltern

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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 • Mar. 16, 2025

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

From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2022

The islands, which fell under Danish rule in the fourteenth century, became self-governing in 1948, but the relationship between the two countries remains that of a resentful subaltern state and a condescending colonial power.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 11, 2018

Now, with his new book The Other Paris, he has moved on to a subaltern city that he sees as the antidote to America.

From The Guardian • Jan. 2, 2016

We were interrupted by a subaltern, who scolded us and told us to leave the body lie.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson