-eer
suffix /ɪə(r)/
/ɪr/
- (in nouns
) a person connected with something or doing an activity构成名词 与…有关的人 - auctioneer
拍卖商 - mountaineer
登山运动员
- auctioneer
- (in verbs
) (often disapproving) to be connected with something or doing an activity构成动词 与…有关 - profiteer
牟取暴利 - commandeer
强占
- profiteer
词源from French -ier, from Latin -arius; verbs are often back-formations (e.g. electioneer from electioneering).