agent noun

American

noun

Grammar.

a noun denoting the doer of an action, as editor or jogger.

Etymology

Origin of agent noun

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

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The suffix -eer usually indicates an "agent noun", she says, describing a person who performs the action of the verb, in this case operating/acting on an engine.

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