Usually means: Noun denoting person performing action.
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  1. agent noun: Merriam-Webster
  2. agent noun: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. agent noun: Wiktionary
  4. agent noun: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. agent noun: Dictionary.com
  6. Agent noun: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. agent noun: Merriam-Webster

Definitions from Wiktionary (agent noun)

noun:  (grammar) A noun that denotes an agent (human or nonhuman) that performs the action denoted by the verb from which the noun is derived, such as "rider" derived from "to ride", or "cutter" derived from "to cut".

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