subordinator

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English

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Etymology

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From subordinate +‎ -or.

Noun

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subordinator (plural subordinators)

  1. (grammar) Any of a lexical class of words that join clauses at a subordinate syntactic level.
  2. 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

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Verb

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subōrdinātor

  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of subōrdinō