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

His life is a series of subaltern tasks.

From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2020

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

In 1945 she joins the Auxiliary Territorial Service to become No 230873 second subaltern Elizabeth Windsor.

From The Guardian • Apr. 21, 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