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.

Compare definite relative pronoun, indefinite relative pronoun.

Origin

1520-30

Usage note

See who.

Examples from the web for relative pronoun

It usually begins with a relative pronoun, but sometimes with a relative adverb.
In the above examples, the antecedent precedes the relative pronoun directly.