subordinate
adjective
noun
verb (used with object), sub·or·di·nat·ed, sub·or·di·nat·ing.
Origin of subordinate
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Related Words for subordinate
deputy, servant, aide, assistant, underling, collateral, lower, sub, auxiliary, tributary, dependent, secondary, inferior, satellite, junior, low, subsidiary, accessory, subaltern, minorExamples from the Web for subordinate
Contemporary Examples of subordinate
That is where the subordinate gangs like Big Hazard come in.
Indeed, the committee is composed of pastors who are subordinate to Driscoll and were not elected by their fellow pastors.
Tech PR firm OpenCommunications was hit with claims that its CEO made unwelcome advances toward a subordinate.
The individual, even if royal, was subordinate to a larger group.
He had control over even the smallest detail and most likely would have told his subordinate what to do.
Historical Examples of subordinate
His subordinate officers may complain that they have had no fighting.
The Story of the Malakand Field ForceSir Winston S. Churchill
His bitterness grew, and at last he turned on his subordinate.
The Law-BreakersRidgwell Cullum
So he came at last to the distant camp of his subordinate comrades.
The Law-BreakersRidgwell Cullum
But in the Phaedo the doctrine of ideas is subordinate to the proof of the immortality of the soul.
MenoPlato
A subordinate Grange for example is a community organization.
The Farmer and His CommunityDwight Sanderson