Definition of subordinate

• a. - Placed in a lower order, class, or rank; holding a lower or inferior position.
• a. - Inferior in order, nature, dignity, power, importance, or the like.
• n. - One who stands in order or rank below another; -- distinguished from a principal.
• v. t. - To place in a lower order or class; to make or consider as of less value or importance; as, to subordinate one creature to another.
• v. t. - To make subject; to subject or subdue; as, to subordinate the passions to reason.