subordinator

English

Etymology

subordinate +‎ -or

Noun

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 […]

Related terms

• coordinator
• conjunction

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) subōrdinātor

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