All 6 Uses of
subordinate
in
Great Expectations
- I'm only a subordinate.†
Chpt 32 *
- Don't go on in that way with a subordinate.†
Chpt 32
- If you are unable to make up your quantum, my boy, you had better address yourself to a principal; there are plenty of principals in the profession, you know, and what is not worth the while of one, may be worth the while of another; that's my recommendation to you, speaking as a subordinate.†
Chpt 32
- "They don't mind what they ask of me, the subordinate; but you'll never catch 'em asking any questions of my principal."†
Chpt 32
- Asks another question of the subordinate before his first is dry!†
Chpt 32
- Then, between his height and them, he slips in his subordinate,—don't you see?†
Chpt 32
Definition:
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(subordinate) less important or subservient; or to rank as such