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One who is subordinate.

To make subservient.

To treat as of less value or importance.

To make of lower priority in order of payment in bankruptcy.

Placed in a lower class, rank, or position.

Submissive or inferior to, or controlled by authority.

(grammar, of a clause) dependent on and either modifying or complementing the main clause

Example: In the sentence “The barbecue finished before John arrived”, the subordinate clause “before John arrived” specifies the time of the main clause, “The barbecue finished”.

Descending in a regular series.