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subordinator

noun

Etymology

From subordinate + -or.

  1. derived from subōrdinātus
  2. inherited from subordinat
  3. suffixed as subordinator — “subordinate + or”

Definitions

  1. Any of a lexical class of words that join clauses at a subordinate syntactic level…

    Any of a lexical class of words that join clauses at a subordinate syntactic level (subordinate clauses).

    • Near-synonym: subordinating conjunction

  2. One who subordinates, or reduces the status of, another person.

    • […] the possibility of women's collusion with their subordinators, e.g. of their acceptance of subordinate status […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA