subordinator

== English == === Etymology === From subordinate + -or. === Noun === subordinator (plural subordinators) (grammar) Any of a lexical class of words that join clauses at a subordinate syntactic level (subordinate clauses). Synonym: complementizer Coordinate terms: coordinator; coordinating conjunction; relative pronoun Near-synonym: subordinating conjunction One who subordinates, or reduces the status of, another person. Coordinate term: dominator == Latin == === Verb === subōrdinātor second/third-person singular future passive imperative of subōrdinō