All 4 Uses of
subordinate
in
Jane Eyre
- I was thinking, sir, that very few masters would trouble themselves to inquire whether or not their paid subordinates were piqued and hurt by their orders.†
p. 157.8
- Paid subordinates!†
p. 157.8
- you are my paid subordinate, are you?†
p. 157.8 *
- According as the shifting obscurity and flickering gleam hovered here or glanced there, it was now the bearded physician, Luke, that bent his brow; now St. John's long hair that waved; and anon the devilish face of Judas, that grew out of the panel, and seemed gathering life and threatening a revelation of the arch-traitor — of Satan himself — in his subordinate's form.†
p. 243.6
Definition:
less important or subservient; or to rank as such