subheadword
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]subheadword (plural subheadwords)
- A subordinate headword.
- 2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes[1], page 297:
- The "Terms" number is the total number of words and lexical phrases, including sub-headwords and other nested lexical items, but exclusive of variants.