subordinator
English edit
Etymology edit
subordinate + -or
Noun edit
subordinator (plural subordinators)
- (grammar) Any of a lexical class of words that join clauses at a subordinate syntactic level.
- One who subordinates, or reduces the status of, another person.
- 1986, South African Journal of Philosophy, volumes 5-7, page 112:
- […] the possibility of women's collusion with their subordinators, e.g. of their acceptance of subordinate status […]
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Latin edit
Verb edit
subōrdinātor