Definitions
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- noun grammar a lexical class of words that joins a clause at a
subordinate syntactic level.
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Examples
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‘Though’ has other roles than that of concessive subordinator which it shares with ‘although’.
On anacolutha DC 2009
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It also serves as a contrastive subordinator like ‘but’, as in: He was reserving judgement, though he considered it a hopeful sign.
On anacolutha DC 2009
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John Gris, an English knight, one of Henry's bodyguard, who was in personal attendance on Joan of Arc; also John Berwoit (?) and William Talbot, subordinator to Gris.
Joan of Arc Gower, Ronald Sutherland, Lord, 1845-1916 1893
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But the immediate guard of the prisoner was composed of English soldiers -- namely, of the following: John Gris, an English knight, one of Henry's bodyguard, who was in personal attendance on Joan of Arc; also John Berwoit (?) and William Talbot, subordinator to Gris.
Joan of Arc Ronald Sutherland Gower 1880
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As I already mentioned during the quarter, we retired our senior subordinator notes, which was the highest interest rate in nearest term debt we had.
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