subordinator

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subordinator

noun subordinators

Any of a lexical class of words that join clauses at a subordinate syntactic level (subordinate clauses). Near-synonym: subordinating conjunction
Similar: complementizer, subordinating conjunction
One who subordinates, or reduces the status of, another person. […] the possibility of women's collusion with their subordinators, e.g. of their acceptance of subordinate status […]

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@misc{subordinator_2026,
  title = {subordinator},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/subordinator},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}