RELATIVE PRONOUN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does relative pronoun mean? 

• RELATIVE PRONOUN (noun)
  The noun RELATIVE PRONOUN has 1 sense:

1. a pronoun (as 'that' or 'which' or 'who') that introduces a relative clause referring to some antecedent

  Familiarity information: RELATIVE PRONOUN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RELATIVE PRONOUN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A pronoun (as 'that' or 'which' or 'who') that introduces a relative clause referring to some antecedent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("relative pronoun" is a kind of...):

pronoun (a function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase)