Bible Dictionaries
-or
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
A noun suffix denoting an act; a state or quality; as in error, fervor, pallor, candor, etc.
(2):
A noun suffix denoting an agent or doer; as in auditor, one who hears; donor, one who gives; obligor, elevator. It is correlative to -ee. In general -or is appended to words of Latin, and -er to those of English, origin. See -er.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for '-or'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/-/-or.html. 1828.