-eursuffix
Primary stress is usually attracted to this suffix and vowels may be reduced accordingly.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French -eur.
Etymology: < French -eur, suffix forming agent nouns, partly < classical Latin -or (see -or suffix), and partly < classical Latin -ātor (see -ator suffix).Very occasional formations are found within English on stems of French origin, as migraineur n. and (perhaps) badineur n.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2019).