-or

-or [ə US ər] suffix [in nouns]

[: Latin;]

1.) someone who does something or is doing something

▪ an actor (=someone who acts)

▪ an inventor

▪ a translator

2.) something that does something

▪ a calculator (=a machine which calculates)

▪ a word processor

→↑-er² , ↑-ar