subheadword

English

Etymology

From sub- +‎ headword.

Noun

subheadword (plural subheadwords)

1. A subordinate headword.
   • 2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes‎^[1], page 297:

     The "Terms" number is the total number of words and lexical phrases, including sub-headwords and other nested lexical items, but exclusive of variants.