Both Uses of
subordinate
in
One Hundred Years of Solitude
- "Even if the proven charges did not have merit enough," the president was saying, "the irresponsible and criminal boldness with which the accused drove his subordinates on to a useless death would be enough to deserve capital punishment."†
Chpt 6 *
- If he did not find Colonel Gerineldo Marquez alive at that time he would shoot out of hand all of the officers he held prisoner at that moment starting with the generals, and he would give orders to his subordinates to do the same for the rest of the war.†
Chpt 7
Definition:
less important or subservient; or to rank as such