Words with the suffix er

banker, observer, Londoner, villager sooner linger earlier linger

batter beat writer writer, shooter shooter cooker cooker

letter letter

paper paper

power energy

number quantity

matter matter

1) a person who ~s: do... Person

For example: singer -- a person who sings singer

admirer -- a person who admires admirer

2) a person who lives in ~ : A person who lives in...

For example: farmer -- a person who lives in the farmer farmer, livestock herder

villager -- a person who lives in the village villager

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3) a person who works with ~: a person who is engaged in...

For example: philosopher -- a person who works with philosophy philosopher

tinner -- a person who works with tin tinsmith

4) a thing that ~: utensils and tools for making...

Such as: washer -- a thing that washes washers

boiler -- a thing that boils boiler; boiler

-er is used as a suffix to mean "person". Everyone is familiar with it. What needs attention is that it sometimes means "thing". It is easy for us to make mistakes. Let’s list some (hope you can add them) to remember:

amplifier emitter emitter reducer pressure reducer softener softener

cooker cooker typewriter typewriter washer scrubber boiler boiler

In addition, -er can also be placed after adjectives (adj.), adverbs (adv.) and numerals (num.) to form people or things.

adj. stranger stranger foreigner foreigner

adv. downer depressing person, sedative upper [American slang] stimulant, stimulating drug

num. fiver [UK] 5 pound note [US] 5 US dollars forty-niner The people who flocked to California for gold in 1849

Finally, -er can occasionally express verbs, repetition and onomatopoeia. Actions, such as:

snigger (sound) (the pronunciation of the word simulates the sound of "snickering") vi. amp; n.

twitter bird song (sound) (simulating a bird) The "chirping" sound) vi. amp; n.

chatter chattering, trembling (sound) (from the verb chat) vi. amp; n.

clatter click ( sound) (simulating the sound of plates, knives and forks hitting each other, the sound of horse hooves) vi. amp; vt. amp; n.

batter vt. Continuous hitting n. (baseball, etc.) ) batsman (from the verb bat to hit)

patter makes a rapid and light beating sound; Tata's running (sound); chanting words, babbling vi. amp; n.

spatter splash (sound), scatter (sound) vt. amp; vi. amp; n.

sputter splash (sound), crackle (sound) v. amp; n.

flutter flapping wings v. amp; n.

quiver shaking; vibrato v. amp; n.

waver swaying vi.

wander wander; get lost v. amp; n.

mutter whisper softly, complain in a low voice v. amp; n.

stutter stutter v. amp; n .

stammer stutter, stutter v. amp; n.

glitter sparkle v. amp; n.