English Explanatory Dictionary

subordinator

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a lexical class of words that join clauses at a subordinate syntactic level (subordinate clauses).
  2. One who subordinates, or reduces the status of, another person.

Word forms

subordinator subordinators

Etymology

From subordinate + -or.

Synonyms

complementizer subordinating conjunction
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