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Webster 1913 Edition

-or

uff.

[L.

-or

: cf. OF.

-or

-ur

-our

, F.

-eur

A noun suffix denoting an

act

; a

state

quality

; as in err

, ferv

, pall

, cand

, etc.

A noun suffix denoting an

agent

doer

; as in audit

, one who hears; don

, one who gives; oblig

, elevat

. It is correlative to

-ee

. In general

-or

is appended to words of Latin, and

-er

to those of English, origin. See

-er

Definition 2024

-ör

See also: ör, oer, o'er, and oer-

Swedish

Suffix

-ör

-eur, creating a noun that describes a (male) profession or habit

Derived terms

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