relative pronoun

noun

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, especially such a pronoun referring to an antecedent.

See who.

First recorded in 1520–30

Frequently there is no connecting word, a relative pronoun being understood.

The general rule is, that the relative pronoun agrees with its antecedent in person and number.

Relative Clause—A clause joined to the rest of the sentence by a relative pronoun.

A connecting pronoun referring to something which precedes (or follows) is called a relative pronoun.

This is often true when it is used with an interrogative or relative pronoun.

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