American Sign Language: Armenian: -իչ ( -ičʿ ).Spanish: -dor (es) m, -dora (es) f, -ero (es) m, -era (es) f.Scottish Gaelic: -adair, -air, -aire, -ear, -iche.Latvian: -ājs (lv) m, -āja f, -ējs (lv) m, -ēja f, -ents m, -ente f, -ists m, -iste f, -ors m, -ore f, -ers m, -eris m, -ere f, -ieris m, -iere f.Finnish: ( person that does ) -ja (fi), -ri (fi) ( thing or tool that does ) -in (fi).Czech: -ič m, -ač m, -itel m, -átor m, -ec m.Catalan: -dor (ca) m, -dora (ca) f, -triu f, -er (ca) m, -era (ca) f.American Sign Language: Arabic: مُـ‎ (ar) ( mu- ) Egyptian Arabic: مِـ‎ ( mi- ).Albanian: -es m, -ese f, -ës m, -ëse f, -tar m, -tare f.( informal, added to a noun ) One who enjoys.

‎ percent + ‎ -er → ‎ percenter ( “ commission agent ” ) ‎ one hand + ‎ -er → ‎ one-hander ( “ one-man show ” ) ‎ oat + ‎ -er → ‎ oater ( “ a Western-themed movie ” ) ( slang, chiefly entertainment, with few limitations ) Used to form nouns shorter than more formal synonyms.‎ six + ‎ -er → ‎ sixer ‎ six foot + ‎ -er → ‎ six-footer ‎ three-wheel + ‎ -er → ‎ three-wheeler ‎ first grade + ‎ -er → ‎ first grader ( added to a number, measurement or noun denoting a quantified set ) A name for a person or thing that is based on a number (with or without a noun).‎ astrology + ‎ -er → ‎ astrologer ‎ cricket + ‎ -er → ‎ cricketer ‎ trumpet + ‎ -er → ‎ trumpeter ( added to a noun denoting an occupation ) A person whose occupation is (the noun).‎ look + ‎ -er → ‎ looker ( “ an attractive person ” ) ‎ keep + ‎ -er → ‎ keeper ( “ a person or thing worth keeping ” ) ( added to verbs, informal ) A person or thing to which the root verb can satisfactorily be done.

( added to verbs ) A person or thing that does an action indicated by the root verb used to form an agent noun.Īntonym: -ee ‎ read + ‎ -er → ‎ reader ‎ cook + ‎ -er → ‎ cooker ‎ compute + ‎ -er → ‎ computer ‎ run + ‎ -er → ‎ runner ‎ toast + ‎ -er → ‎ toaster ‎ do good + ‎ -er → ‎ do-gooder.

-'er ( following an abbreviation, or sometimes following a number ).

Reinforced by the synonymous but unrelated Old French -or, -eor ( Anglo-Norman variant -our), from Latin -(ā)tor, from Proto-Indo-European *-tōr.

Homophones: -or, -a ( in non-rhotic accents )įrom Middle English -er, -ere, from Old English -ere, from Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz, usually thought to have been borrowed from Latin -ārius.

Er verb endings