Nouns and adjectives ending with ‘-or’ and ‘-ar’
Some nouns ending with ‘-or’ do not belong to the ‘doer’ class:
Alligator, anchor, corridor, horror, liquor, motor, phosphor, stupor, tremor
There are some adjectives ending with ‘-or’:
Major, minor, inferior, superior, interior, exterior, anterior, ulterior
Some ‘doer’ nouns end with ‘-ar’:
Beggar, burglar, bursar, friar, liar, pedlar, registrar, scholar, vicar
Some nouns ending with ‘-ar’ do not belong to the ‘doer’ class:
Altar, calendar, caterpillar, cedar, cellar, cigar, collar, dollar, exemplar, grammar, guitar, hangar, jaguar, mortar, nectar, pillar, poplar, radar, seminar, sugar, vinegar
Some adjectives end with ‘-ar’:
Angular, avuncular, cellular, circular, consular, dissimilar, familiar, glandular, globular, granular, insular, irregular, jocular, linear, lumbar, lunar, molar, molecular, muscular, nuclear, particular peculiar, perpendicular, polar, popular, rectangular, regular, secular, similar,
singular, spectacular, stellar, tabular, triangular, tubular, unfamiliar, unpopular, vernacular, vulgar
We use ‘-ess’ to make feminine endings:
| Masculine | Feminine |
| Actor | actress |
| Ambassador | ambassadress |
| Author | authoress |
| Benefactor | benefactress |
| Conductor | conductress |
| Count | countess |
| Duke | duchess |
| Emperor | empress |
| Enchanter | enchantress |
| God | goddess |
| Heir | heiress |
| Host | hostess |
| Hunter | huntress |
| Instructor | instructress |
| Leopard | leopardess |
| Lion | lioness |
| Manager | manageress |
| Master | mistress |
| Mayor | mayoress |
| Millionaire | millionaires |
