subheadword

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English

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Etymology

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From sub- +‎ headword.

Noun

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subheadword (plural subheadwords)

  1. 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.
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