subordinator

English

Etymology

From 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
• complementizer

Latin

Verb

subōrdinātor

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