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Definition of -eer suffix from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

-eer

suffix

NAmE//ɪr//

1(in nouns) a person concerned with a particular thing auctioneer mountaineer

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2(in verbs) (often disapproving) to be concerned with a particular thing profiteer commandeer

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