relative pronoun
/ˈrel·ə·t̬ɪv ˈproʊˌnaʊn/ n [C]Definition
› (in grammar) a pronoun such as "which," "who," or "that," that is used to begin a relative clause: In the sentence "The movie that we saw was very good," "that" is a relative pronoun.
(Definition of relative pronoun n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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