Agent noun
a noun denoting the doer of an action, as editor or jogger.
noun
any noun that denotes someone or something carrying out the verb‘s action, typically words ending in -er or -or
Usage Note
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pertaining to an or . Grammar, . Historical Examples This is an example of the French use of -on as an agential suffix. The Romance of Names Ernest Weekley