-er
- a person having to do with, esp. as an occupation or profession: added to nouns: hatter, geographer
- a person native to or living in: added to place names and nouns: New Yorker, cottager
- a thing or action connected with: added to nouns, noun compounds, and noun phrases
- a person or thing that ____s: added to verbs: roller
- forming the comparative degree of many adjectives and adverbs: later, greater
- the action of ____ing: added to verb bases in legal language: demurrer, repleader
- repeatedly: added to verbs and verb bases: flicker, patter
See -er in American Heritage Dictionary 4
suffixa. One that performs a specified action: swimmer.
b. One that undergoes or is capable of undergoing a specified action: broiler.
c. One that has: ten-pounder.
d. One associated or involved with: banker.
a. Native or resident of: New Yorker.
b. One that is: foreigner.
suffix Used to form the comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs: darker; faster.