SINCE 1828
countersubject
noun
coun·ter·subject
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plural countersubjects
Definition of countersubject
: 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)
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