subalternate Meaning, Definition & Usage

Sub`al*ter"nate adjective

Definitions

1. Succeeding by turns; successive.
2. Subordinate; subaltern; inferior.

   All their subalternate and several kinds. Evelyn.

Sub`al*ter"nate noun

Definitions

1. (Logic) A particular proposition, as opposed to a universal one. See Subaltern, 2.