Awarder

/əˈwɔːrdər/ noun

Definition

A person or organization that gives out awards or honors.

Etymology

From award + -er suffix (one who does an action). The -er suffix creates agent nouns from verbs across English.

Kelly Says

English can make agent nouns so efficiently (teach→teacher, award→awarder) that we barely notice—this flexibility is one reason English absorbs foreign words so easily.

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