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.