agent noun
noun Grammar.
a noun denoting the doer of an action, as editor or jogger.
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Origin of agent noun
First recorded in 1875–80
Words nearby agent noun
agenesis, agenitalism, agenize, agenosomia, agent, agent noun, agent of production, agent orange, agent provocateur, agent-general, agential
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