Subordinator

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of a lexical class of words that join clauses at a subordinate syntactic level (subordinate clauses).

    "Near-synonym: subordinating conjunction"

  2. 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 […]"

Synonyms

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complementizersubordinating conjunction

Example

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"Near-synonym: subordinating conjunction"

Etymology

From subordinate + -or.

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