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-ator

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

Suffix

-ator

  1. Used to form agent nouns, usually from verbs that have the ending -ate.

Origin of -ator

Borrowed from Latin -ātor or -ate + -or.

Words formed from -ator

Questions about -ator

What does -ator mean?
-ator means used to form agent nouns, usually from verbs that have the ending -ate.
What part of speech is -ator?
-ator is a suffix.

Words near -ator in the dictionary

  1. -atim
  2. -ating
  3. -ation
  4. -ations
  5. -ative
  6. -ator
  7. -atory
  8. -axo-
  9. -ay
  10. -az
  11. -azam

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