countersubject
noun
coun·ter·subject
"+ˌ-
plural countersubjects
: a secondary line or voice (see voice entry 1 sense 1b(4)) that accompanies statements of the main subject (see subject entry 1 sense 3f) in a fugue (see fugue entry 1 sense 1b)
Word History
Etymology
counter- + subject
First Known Use
1832, in the meaning defined above
- home computer
- home cooking
- home demonstration
- home ec
- home economics
- home economist
- home edition
- home equity loan
- home factor
- home field
- home folks
- home free
- home freezer
- home fries
- home from home
- home front
- farm
- farm animals
- farm belt
- farm bloc
- farm labor camp
- farm loan bond
- farm management
- farm out
- farm share