relative pro-noun

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.

Compare definite relative pronoun, indefinite relative pronoun.

Origin:
1520–30

Usage note
See who.

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

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