A person or device that affixes or attaches; in grammar, something that functions as an affix.
From affix plus the agent suffix -er, meaning 'one who does the action.' Designates the active agent performing affixing.
Medieval monks were affixers—they literally attached pages, added marginalia, and built manuscripts piece by piece, which is why the word worked so well for the grammar concept.
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