suffix
1 (in nouns) a person or thing that:
lover * computer
compare-EE, -OR
2 (in nouns) a person or thing that has the thing or quality mentioned:
three-wheeler * foreigner
3 (in nouns) a person concerned with:
astronomer * philosopher
4 (in nouns) a person belonging to:
New Yorker
5 (makes comparative adjectives and adverbs):
wider * bigger * happier * sooner
compare-EST
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This entry for -er is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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