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Noun Concept
Categories: Linguistic morphology stubs, Nouns by type
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agent noun  -or  Agent nouns  agent suffix  agentive ending
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In linguistics, an agent noun is a word that is derived from another word denoting an action, and that identifies an entity that does that action. Wikipedia
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In linguistics, an agent noun is a word that is derived from another word denoting an action, and that identifies an entity that does that action. Wikipedia
A word identifying an actor, derived from a word denoting an action Wikipedia Disambiguation
A noun that denotes an agent that performs the action denoted by the verb from which the noun is derived, such as "rider" derived from "to ride", or "cutter" derived from "to cut". Wiktionary
Noun that denotes an agent. Wiktionary (translation)
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The agent noun "cutter" means a person who cuts, or a thing that is made to or is able to cut something. Wiktionary
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noun phrase
noun
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agent noun
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agent noun
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agent noun
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-or, Agent nouns, agent suffix, agentive ending, agentive prefix, agentive suffix, nomen agentis

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