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1. A content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb
   - qualifier
    
2. A moderator who makes less extreme or uncompromising
    
3. A person who changes something
   "an inveterate modifier of the menu";
   - changer
    
4. A gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene
   - modifier gene

Derived forms: modifiers

Type of: cistron, content word, factor, gene, individual, moderator, mortal, open-class word, person, somebody, someone, soul

Part of: phrase

Encyclopedia: Modifier