OQUASSA

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A small, handsome trout (Salvelinus oquassa), found in some of the lakes in Maine; -- called also blueback trout.

2.
n.

A noun suffix denoting an act; a state or quality; as in error, fervor, pallor, candor, etc.

3.
n.

A noun suffix denoting an agent or doer; as in auditor, one who hears; donor, one who gives; obligor, elevator. It is correlative to -ee. In general -or is appended to words of Latin, and -er to those of English, origin. See -er.


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