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Related Terms:
relative clause
whomever
whom
indefinite pronoun
sentence fragment
interrogative pronoun
refer
relative pronouns
who
which
relative adjective
what
resumptive pronoun
that
whoever
relative adverb
antecedent
whatever
as
Definitions:
Noun
relative pronoun
Definition: a pronoun (as `that' or `which' or `who') that introduces a relative clause referring to some antecedent
Definition: 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, and whom. The other relative pronouns are whoever, whomever, whatever, and that.