Undergoer

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One that undergoes.
  2. 2
    The most patient-like argument of a clause, e.g. 'the boat' in "The torpedo sank the boat" and "The boat sank".

Etymology

From undergo + -er.

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