subaltern

nouns

a British commissioned army officer below the rank of captain
subaltern
domain category
the military forces of a nation
"their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine
is a type of (narrower)
a commissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marine Corps
commissioned military officer

adjectives

inferior in rank or status
"the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"
junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty, secondary, subaltern