| 单词 | -eer |
| 释义 | -eer a noun-forming suffix occurring originally in loanwords from French (buccaneer; mutineer; pioneer) and productive in the formation of English nouns denoting persons who produce, handle, or are otherwise significantly associated with the referent of the base word (auctioneer; engineer; mountaineer; pamphleteer); now frequently pejorative (profiteer; racketeer). Cf. -ary, -er2, -ier2. [ < F, MF -ier (OF < L -arius -ARY as suffix of personal nouns); in some nouns r. earlier suffixes (see ENGINEER, CHARIOTEER) or the F suffix -aire -AIRE (see MUSKETEER, VOLUNTEER)] |
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