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subordinators

subordinators is the plural of subordinator.

Meaning of subordinator

Noun

subordinator (plural subordinators)

  1. Any of a lexical class of words that join clauses at a subordinate syntactic level (subordinate clauses).
    • Near-synonym: subordinating conjunction
  2. 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 […]1986, South African Journal of Philosophy, volumes 5-7, page 112

Questions about subordinators

What is subordinators the plural of?
Subordinators is the plural of subordinator.

Words near subordinators in the dictionary

  1. subordinationist
  2. subordinationists
  3. subordinations
  4. subordinative
  5. subordinator
  6. subordinators
  7. subordines
  8. subordo
  9. subordos
  10. suborganellar
  11. suborganelle

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