Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- suffix One that performs a specified action.
- suffix One that produces, makes, operates, plays, or is connected with a specified thing.
- suffix A specialist in a specified art, science, or skill.
- suffix An adherent or advocate of a specified doctrine, theory, or school of thought.
- suffix One that is characterized by a specified trait or quality.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English -iste, from Old French, from Latin -istēs, -ista, from Greek -istēs, agent n. suff.]
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