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Etymology
From Old Irish -tóir, from Latin -tor.
Suffix
-teyr m
- Suffix appended to words to create an agent noun, indicating a person who does (or a thing that does) something.
- moll (“fool, baffle, foil, beguile, cajole, captivate, deceive, bluff, trick”) + -teyr → molteyr (“deceiver, charlatan, duper, fraud, cheat, con man, impostor”)
- shiauill (“sail, navigate”) + -teyr → shiaulteyr (“sailor, seaman”)
Derived terms