subalterns

noun

1. 1.A subordinate.
2. 2.A commissioned officer having a rank below that of captain; a lieutenant or second lieutenant.
3. 3.A subaltern proposition; a proposition implied by a universal proposition. For example, some crows are black is a subaltern of all crows are black.
4. 4.(literary theory) A member of a group that is socially, politically and geographically outside of the hegemonic power structure of the colony and of the colonial homeland.