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Definition of Relative pronoun

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

Definition of Relative pronoun

1. Noun. (grammar) A pronoun that introduces a relative clause and refers to an antecedent. Some words that can be used as interrogative pronouns can alternatively be used as relative pronouns: ''what'', ''which'', ''who'', ''whom'', and ''whose''. The other relative pronouns are ''whoever'', ''whosoever'', ''whomever'', ''whatever'', and ''that''. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Relative Pronoun

Literary usage of Relative pronoun

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar by Wilhelm Gesenius, Thomas Jefferson Conant, Emil Roediger, Benjamin Davies (1846)
"relative pronoun AND RELATIVE CLAUSES. 1. The pronoun "HOS often serves merely as a sign of relation, ie to give a relative signification to substantives, ..."

2. Gesenius Hebrew grammar by Wilhelm Gesenius, Emil Roediger (1851)
"relative pronoun AND RELATIVE CLAUSES 1. The pronoun "lOS often serves merely as a sign of relation, ie to give a relative signification to substantives, ..."

3. Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar by Wilhelm Gesenius, Benjamin Davies (1853)
"relative pronoun AND RELATIVE CLAUSES. 1. ... In the same manner the Hebrew forms the oblique cases of the relative pronoun, who, which, viz. ..."

4. Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar by Wilhelm Gesenius (1859)
"relative pronoun AND RELATIVE CLAUSES. 1. The pronoun "ГОК often serves merely as a sign of relation, ie to give a relative signification to substantives, ..."

5. Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar by Wilhelm Gesenius, Thomas Jefferson Conant, Emil Roediger (1856)
"In the same manner the Hebrew forms the oblique cases of the relative pronoun, -who, which, viz. Dative, ft to him, ft IBS to whom; DH5, ..."

6. English Grammar Simplified: Its Study Made Easy by James Champlin Fernald (1916)
"compared, 134 ; see ADVERBS AS INDEPENDENT ELEMENTS, 135. viert, second person singular, past direct and indirect questions, 42; as relative pronoun, 43; ..."

7. English Grammar Simplified: Its Study Made Easy by James Champlin Fernald (1916)
"as relative pronoun, 43; with antecedent unexpressed, 53 (6) ; declension of, 43; refers only to persons, 44 ; choice of who or whom, ..."

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