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Subaltern may refer to:
- Subaltern (military), a primarily British and Commonwealth military term for a junior officer
- Subaltern (postcolonialism), colonial populations who are outside the hierarchy of power
- Subalternation, going from a universal proposition to a particular proposition in logic
- "A Subaltern", the author listed in William Cobbett's "The Soldier's Friend"