Subordinate
Part of speech: noun
Definition: One that is subordinate.
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Placed in a lower class, rank, or position. Submissive to or controlled by authority. dependent on and either modifying or complementing the main clause
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To make subservient. To treat as of less value or importance. To make of lower priority in order of payment in bankruptcy.
Example sentence: The Great Depression of the 1930s saw more American unmarried women working from nine to five, mostly in repetitive, boring, subordinate, dead-end jobs. But the number of working women doubled between 1870 and 1940. During World War II it doubled once again.
Subdue
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To overcome, quieten, or bring under control.To bring (a country) under control by force.
Example sentence: If one looks at the map of the world, it's difficult to find Iraq, and one would think it rather easy to subdue such a small country.