All 8 Uses

subordinate
in
The Trial, by Fran Kafka
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It really doesn't matter to me, and I give his lordship the judge my full and public permission to stop giving secret signs to his paid subordinate down there and give his orders in words instead; let him just say "Boo now!" and then the next time "Clap now!"†
Chpt 2
But he's also being deceived by the man from the country as he's this man's subordinate and doesn't know it.†
Chpt 9 *
There's a lot to indicate that he treats the man as his subordinate, I expect you remember, but those who hold this view would say it's very clear that he really is his subordinate.†
Chpt 9
There's a lot to indicate that he treats the man as his subordinate, I expect you remember, but those who hold this view would say it's very clear that he really is his subordinate.†
Chpt 9
This is another way in which he's his subordinate.†
Chpt 9
Even the end of the doorkeeper's service is determined by when the man's life ends, so the doorkeeper remains his subordinate right to the end.†
Chpt 9
They even believe, at the end at least, the doorkeeper is aware, deep down, that he's the man's subordinate, as the man sees the light that shines out of the entry to the law whereas the doorkeeper would probably have his back to it and says nothing at all to show there's been any change.†
Chpt 9
In this case we can't believe the doorkeeper is the man's subordinate.†
Chpt 9

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