RELATIVE PRONOUN


Meaning of RELATIVE PRONOUN in English

one of the pronouns who, whom, which, what, their compounds with -ever or -soever, or that used as the subordinating word to introduce a subordinate clause, esp. such a pronoun referring to an antecedent. Cf. definite relative pronoun, indefinite relative pronoun .

[ 1520-30 ]

Usage . See who .

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .