English Explanatory Dictionary

-ator

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

-ator

Etymology

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

Related words

abbreviator abrogator administrator annihilator -ate -ation communicator corroborator curator decimator demonstrator devastator emancipator equivocator inaugurator incubator innovator interrogator orator procurator renovator respirator reverberator spectator ventilator vibrator

Derived words

-atory
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