Subalterns [noun]
Definition of Subalterns:
secondary person
Sentence/Example of Subalterns:
I was lunching with William next day, and I told him about the subaltern.
His subaltern, Bacon, had been the first to pass the gap, and had been killed on emerging.
It was the subaltern standard-bearer, who had been shot through the left lung.
He entreats Blount, who is his subaltern, to shoulder the blame.
"We're all for barley-sugar ourselves just now," the subaltern went on.
"The enemy are continuing to fortify the coast, Sir," said the subaltern.
The pleasant, amiable manner of the subaltern underwent a quick change.
There was but one Bonaparte; that subaltern from Corsica; that meteor.
"Well, it's a bad start," said the subaltern, shaking the wet from his overcoat.
I heard afterwards that young Pottinger, a subaltern of the 17th Co.