See Also: subordinate(1)(dictionary)
subordinate(2)(dictionary)
subordinate 1, adjective(dictionary)
subordinate 2, noun(dictionary)
subordinate 3, verb(dictionary)
subordinate clause(dictionary)
nominate subordinate taxon(medicine)
Junior debt (subordinate debt)(money)
Junior debt (subordinate debt)(finance)

subordinate(1) (iou)



subordinate adjective, adverb, & noun. LME.
[medieval Latin subordinatus pa. pple of subordinare: see SUBORDINATE verb, -ATE2, -ATE1.]
A. adjective.
Of a person, position, etc.: of inferior rank; dependent upon the authority or power of another. Freq. foll. by to. LME.
E. Longford Lord Cardigan's..behaviour towards his subordinate officers was notorious. J. Rossner George had to content himself with a subordinate position.
Of a thing: dependent on or subservient to a chief or principal thing of the same kind. Freq. foll. by to. L16.
subordinate clause a clause serving as an adjective, adverb, or noun in a main sentence because of its position or a preceding conjunction. subordinate legislation Law that part of the law which is enacted under delegated powers, as statutory instruments.
W. H. Prescott The subordinate part..he was compelled to play.
Submissive. rare. L16-L18.
Of inferior importance; secondary, minor. M17.
Lying underneath; underlying. Now rare or obsolete. M17.
B. adverb. In subordination or secondary to. M17-E19.
C. noun. A subordinate person or thing; esp. a person working under another's control or orders. M17.
P. V. White The leader looked at his subordinates.
subordinately adverb M17.
subordinateness noun (rare) M17.