"-ator" meaning in English

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Suffix

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin -ātor or -ate + -or. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|-ātor}} Latin -ātor, {{suffix|en|-ate|or}} -ate + -or Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=noun-forming suffixes}} -ator
  1. used to form agent nouns, usually from verbs that have the ending -ate Tags: morpheme Derived forms: -atory

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