subaltern

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Is the thing I’m supposed to glean here that in this new oligarchical order, mortal enemies like the Pillsbury Dough Boy and the The Quaker Man have joined sides to plunder the subaltern?

From Slate • Feb. 10, 2025

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

One man who knew that very well was Winston Churchill, then a 21-year-old subaltern in the 4th Hussars.

From The Guardian • Feb. 14, 2017

Her recent marriage to the Tennessean John Henry Eaton, Jackson’s longtime subaltern, and new secretary of war, catapulted her to national visibility. 

From Salon • Mar. 16, 2015

He imagined that a call would come to him, a voice of Command, the voice of a subaltern of God, hashmarks running down his arm for a thousand miles.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy