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 […]

Latin

Verb

subōrdinātor

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