Definitions

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  • suffix used to form agent nouns, usually from verbs that have the ending -ate

Etymologies

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From Latin -tor.

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Examples

  • It features one of his classic and most-quoted lines - "I'll be back" - and allowed us all to put the suffix "-ator" at the end of any word to describe him in a corny way.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

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