Subordinate

01 a. Placed in a lower order, class, or rank; holding a lower or inferior position.

1.
Placed in a lower order, class, or rank; holding a lower or inferior position.
“The several kinds and subordinate species of each are easily distinguished.” — Woodward.
2.
Inferior in order, nature, dignity, power, importance, or the like.
“It was subordinate, not enslaved, to the understanding.” — South.

02 n. One who stands in order or rank below another; -- distinguished from a principal.

1.
One who stands in order or rank below another; -- distinguished from a principal.

03 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.

imp. & p. p. Subordinated; p. pr. & vb. n. Subordinating

1.
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.
2.
To make subject; to subject or subdue; as, to subordinate the passions to reason.