subordinate

adjective

Belonging to a lower or inferior class or rank; secondary.

adjective

Subject to the authority or control of another.

noun

One that is subordinate.

transitive verb

To put in a lower or inferior rank or class.

transitive verb

To make subservient; subdue.

To place in an order or rank below something else; make or consider as of less value or importance: as, to subordinate temporal to spiritual things.

To make auxiliary or subservient to something else; put under control or authority; make subject.

In a lower order or class; occupying a lower position in a descending scale; secondary.

Inferior in order, nature, dignity, power, rank, importance, etc.

In law, a clause in a statute which, from its position or the nature of its substance, or especially by reason of grammatical relation as above indicated, must be deemed controlled or restrained in its meaning if it conflicts with another clause in the same statute.