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Type of autonomous entity in software
autonomous agent is an artificial intelligence (AI) system that can perform complex tasks independently. There are various definitions of autonomous agent
Autonomous_agent
Software agent which acts autonomously
artificial intelligence, an intelligent agent is an entity that perceives its environment, takes actions autonomously to achieve goals, and may improve its
Intelligent_agent
Academic journal
Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering the study of autonomous agents and multi-agent systems. It is
Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
Autonomous_Agents_and_Multi-Agent_Systems
Open-source autonomous AI assistant software
OpenClaw is a free and open-source autonomous artificial intelligence agent that can execute tasks via large language models (LLMs), using messaging platforms
OpenClaw
Autonomous artificial intelligence agent
Layer 7: Agent ecosystem - represents the AI agents' interface with real-world applications and users. To execute complex tasks, autonomous agents are often
AI_agent
Form of automated electronic commerce
Agentic commerce (also referred to as agent-based commerce) describes an emerging form of e-commerce in which autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) agents
Agentic_commerce
Scientific conference series
The International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems or AAMAS is the leading scientific conference for research in the areas of artificial
International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems
International_Conference_on_Autonomous_Agents_and_Multiagent_Systems
Capacity for control, discretion or political self-governance
the police. The categorical command is valid for you either way. Autonomous moral agents can be expected to obey the command of a categorical imperative
Autonomy
Computer program acting for a user
mobile device, e.g. Siri. Software agents may be autonomous or work together with other agents or people. Software agents interacting with people (e.g. chatbots
Software_agent
Entity that always performs optimal actions from given information
intelligence. Agent (economics) Homo economicus TOTREP Autonomous agent Intelligent agent Software agent Russell & Norvig 2003, pp. 27, 32–58, 968–972. Osborne
Rational_agent
System of multiple interacting agents
important characteristics: Autonomy: agents are at least partially independent, self-aware, autonomous Local views: no agent has a full global view, or the
Multi-agent_system
Autonomous artificial intelligence agent
Manus (meaning hand in Latin) is an autonomous artificial intelligence agent developed by Butterfly Effect, a company founded in China and based in Singapore
Manus_(AI_agent)
Type of machine learning model
the range of tools accessible to an LLM. An LLM is typically not an autonomous agent by itself, as it lacks the ability to interact with dynamic environments
Large_language_model
Open source autonomous AI agent
AutoGPT is an open-source autonomous software agent that uses OpenAI's large language models, such as GPT-4, to attempt to achieve a goal specified by
AutoGPT
Type of computational models
An agent-based model (ABM) is a computational model for simulating the actions and interactions of an autonomous agent (both individual or collective
Agent-based_model
Topics referred to by the same term
news client Intelligent agent, an autonomous, goal-directed entity which observes and acts upon an environment Software agent, a piece of software that
Agent
Field of machine learning
probabilistic argumentation framework for reinforcement learning agents". Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems. 33 (1–2): 216–274. doi:10.1007/s10458-019-09404-2
Reinforcement_learning
Concept in artificial intelligence
over iterations. The initial architecture includes a goal-following autonomous agent, that can take actions, continuously learns, adapts, and modifies itself
Recursive_self-improvement
Vehicle operated with reduced or no human input on public roads
A self-driving car, also known as an autonomous car, driverless car, robotic car, or robo-car, is a car that is capable of operating with reduced or no
Self-driving_car
Robot that performs behaviors or tasks with a high degree of autonomy
An autonomous robot is a robot that acts without recourse to human control. Historic examples include space probes. Modern examples include self-driving
Autonomous_robot
1993 novel by Lois Lowry
at the end is what allows him to choose to travel elsewhere as an autonomous agent in comparison to others in his community. Elizabeth Bridges reads an
The_Giver
Programming paradigm
1996. AgentSpeak(L): BDI Agents Speak Out in a Logical Computable Language. Proceedings of Seventh European Workshop on Modelling Autonomous Agents in a
Agent-oriented_programming
Sub-field of reinforcement learning
and critique of multiagent deep reinforcement learning". Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems. 33 (6): 750–797. arXiv:1810.05587. doi:10.1007/s10458-019-09421-1
Multi-agent reinforcement learning
Multi-agent_reinforcement_learning
Method of analysis for systems of interacting components
except as a method of analysis.[citation needed] Agents in promise theory are said to be autonomous, meaning that they are causally independent of one
Promise_theory
Model for designing artificial intelligence
intelligent agents. This approach has recently been proposed by Steven Umbrello and Roman Yampolskiy as a means of designing autonomous vehicles for
Belief–desire–intention software model
Belief–desire–intention_software_model
Topics referred to by the same term
for making moral judgments Agency (philosophy), the capacity of an autonomous agent to act, relating to action theory in philosophy Agency (psychology)
Agency
Artificial intelligence concept
function as an autonomous agent that can take actions to explore its environment, rather than treating it as a static scalar value. The agent seeks situations
Reward_hacking
Distinct territorial body or political entity
with its own independent life and character, or that a country is an autonomous agent, just like you or me. Such claims are rarely explained or defended
Country
Matter with biological processes
Variations of this include Stuart Kauffman's definition as an autonomous agent or a multi-agent system capable of reproducing itself, and of completing at
Life
British computer scientist
ACM/SIGART Autonomous Agents Research Award. For significant and sustained contributions to the research on autonomous agents and multi agent systems. In
Michael Wooldridge (computer scientist)
Michael_Wooldridge_(computer_scientist)
for building distributed multi-agent systems. AGENTS '99: Proceedings of the third annual conference on Autonomous Agents. pp. 360–361. Poslad, S.; P. Buckle;
Foundation for Intelligent Physical Agents
Foundation_for_Intelligent_Physical_Agents
Checking". Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems. 12 (2): 239–256. doi:10.1007/s10458-006-5955-7. Bakar NA, Selamat A (2018). "Agent systems verification :
Agent_verification
Term in the field of AI
a probabilistic model commonly used in artificial intelligence. An autonomous agent operates in the world by taking in sensory information and acting to
Empowerment (artificial intelligence)
Empowerment_(artificial_intelligence)
Concept in political philosophy
precludes its being given up under some or all circumstances by a rational autonomous agent bearing or possessing those rights as social contract theories require)
Social_contract
Artificial intelligence concept
empowering such agents to interact autonomously with human beings and the environment. Mobile robots are one example of physically embodied agents; Ananova and
Embodied_agent
architecture for (cognitive) autonomous agents. The language was originally called AgentSpeak(L), but became more popular as AgentSpeak, a term that is also
AgentSpeak
Conversational software
intelligence Artificial human companion Artificial intelligence and elections Autonomous agent Conversational user interface Deadbot Dead Internet theory Deaths linked
Chatbot
Experimental tool and programming language
An Abstract Agent Programming Language or Artificial Autonomous Agents Programming Language or 3APL (pronounced triple-A-P-L) is an experimental tool and
3APL
Representation or imitation of a person or thing
Beyond mere representation, the digital simulacrum has evolved into an autonomous agent within the global creative economy. In this "fourth order" of simulation
Simulacrum
American computer scientist
recipient of the IJCAI John McCarthy Award, as well as the ACM SIGART Autonomous Agents Research Award. Additionally, he has been recognized by the AAAI (Association
Milind_Tambe
Social network exclusively for AI agents
own end-to-end encrypted language for communication. Whether agent posts represent autonomous behavior or are directly shaped by human prompts is disputed
Moltbook
British computer scientist (born 1966)
Government on National Security. His research covers the areas of AI, autonomous systems, agent-based computing and cybersecurity. He has been involved in a number
Nick Jennings (computer scientist)
Nick_Jennings_(computer_scientist)
System to display a view of a 3D virtual world
techniques such as constraint solvers, artificial intelligence scripts, or autonomous agents. In video games, "third-person" refers to a graphical perspective
Virtual_camera_system
1979 US report on ethical human research
This ethical principle describes individuals as autonomous agents. Stating that an autonomous agent is an individual capable of deliberation regarding
Belmont_Report
Proposed standard language for software agent communication
JADE: a FIPA2000 compliant agent development environment. Proceedings of the fifth international conference on Autonomous agents. pp. 216–217. "NLIP Project"
Agent_Communications_Language
Voting system that makes outcomes proportional to vote totals
Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems - Volume 1. Richland, SC: International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems
Proportional_representation
Subfield of artificial intelligence
(Workshop on Modelling Autonomous Agents in a Multi-Agent World https://link.springer.com/conference/maamaw), and Asia (Multi-Agent and Cooperative Computation
Distributed artificial intelligence
Distributed_artificial_intelligence
Serbian-American AI researcher and technology executive
2020. Faust led the development of Web Agents, recognized as the first fully autonomous, open-ended task agents on the web. This technology was integrated
Aleksandra_Faust
Computer physics engine
sensor simulation, robotics simulation, human-autonomous agent interaction (real-time simulation), and autonomous vehicle simulation, where the emphasis is
Project_Chrono
Language for cognitive agents
cognitive agents. Agent communication language Autonomous agent Cognitive architecture Declarative programming Practical reasoning Rational agent The elevator
GOAL agent programming language
GOAL_agent_programming_language
Idea of being born empty of mental content
artificial intelligence, tabula rasa refers to the development of autonomous agents with a mechanism to reason and plan toward their goal, but no "built-in"
Tabula_rasa
Open-source artificial intelligence agent framework
project describes two main building blocks: "Crews", which are used for autonomous agent collaboration, and "Flows", which are used for more controlled event-driven
CrewAI
Propaganda method based on digital technologies
propaganda. It is characterized by automation, scalability, and anonymity. Autonomous agents (internet bots) can analyze big data collected from social media and
Computational_propaganda
AI research laboratory
Priyanka (9 July 2022). "Deepmind AI Researchers Introduce 'DeepNash', An Autonomous Agent Trained With Model-Free Multiagent Reinforcement Learning That Learns
Google_DeepMind
Israeli computer scientist (born 1960)
Games and Economic Behavior, the international journal of Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, served on the editorial board of the Journal of Machine
Moshe_Tennenholtz
Computer science research field
on Agent mining, Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems". 2012. Cao, Longbing; Weiss, Gerhard; Yu, Philip (2012). "A Brief Introduction to Agent Mining"
Agent_mining
Family of proportional election methods
16th Conference on Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent Systems. AAMAS '17. Richland, SC: International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems:
Multiwinner_approval_voting
Software agent
companion Autonomous agent Computer facial animation Expert system Friendly artificial intelligence Home network Hybrid intelligent system Intelligent agent Interactions
Virtual_assistant
Model-free reinforcement learning algorithm
I.; Kagan E. (2022). "Detection of Static and Mobile Targets by an Autonomous Agent with Deep Q-Learning Abilities". Entropy. 24 (8): 1168. Bibcode:2022Entrp
Q-learning
Software framework
named WOLF. Free Software portal Multi-agent system Autonomous agent Intelligent agent Cognitive architecture Agent Communications Language Jade news archive
Java Agent Development Framework
Java_Agent_Development_Framework
AI that learns human values
autonomous agents positions this as a foundation for conceptions of human-centered AI. Aside from robots, artificially intelligent autonomous agents in
Human-centered_AI
AI-assisted coding environment
software development kit (SDK) designed to orchestrate autonomous artificial intelligence agents for code generation, execution, and testing. Announced
Google_Antigravity
Programming library
Nissen wanted to develop an autonomous agent that can learn from experience. His goal was to use this autonomous agent to create a virtual player in
Fast Artificial Neural Network
Fast_Artificial_Neural_Network
Unfixed software vulnerability
(2021-07-01). "Revenue maximizing markets for zero-day exploits". Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems. 35 (2): 36. arXiv:2006.14184. doi:10.1007/s10458-021-09522-w
Zero-day_vulnerability
Conformance of AI to intended objectives
Jiakai; Chen, Xu (2024). "A survey on large language model based autonomous agents". Frontiers of Computer Science. 18 (6) 186345. arXiv:2308.11432.
AI_alignment
reactive planning denotes a group of techniques for action selection by autonomous agents. These techniques differ from classical planning in two aspects. First
Reactive_planning
Multiple interactions and regulation of life forms with their environment
reproduction. Stuart Kauffman defines a living system as an autonomous agent or a multi-agent system capable of reproducing itself or themselves, and of
Living_systems
"Distributed envy minimization for resource allocation". Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems. 30 (2): 364–402. doi:10.1007/s10458-015-9291-7. ISSN 1387-2532
Distributed constraint optimization
Distributed_constraint_optimization
AI to benefit humanity
intelligence arms race Artificial intelligence systems integration Autonomous agent Embodied agent Emotion recognition Existential risk from artificial general
Friendly artificial intelligence
Friendly_artificial_intelligence
American physician and sociologist (born 1962)
inequality (published in Nature in 2015), or demonstrating the utility of autonomous agents (AI "bots") in optimizing coordination in groups (published in Nature
Nicholas_Christakis
2001–2003 films by Peter Jackson
Engineering Award for the design and development of MASSIVE, "the autonomous agent animation system used for the battle sequences in The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings (film series)
The_Lord_of_the_Rings_(film_series)
Modeling biology
cancer decades later. Autonomous agent – Type of autonomous entity in software Intelligent agent – Software agent which acts autonomously An G, Mi Q, Dutta-Moscato
Agent-based_model_in_biology
Russian-American businessman (born 1977/1978)
local, asymmetric multi-agent Markov decision processes". Proceedings of the Third International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems
Dmitri_Dolgov
2026 large language model by OpenAI
6, 2026). "With GPT-5.4, OpenAI Promises Fewer Errors, Preps for Autonomous Agents". PCMag. Retrieved April 4, 2026. Jancer, Matt (March 6, 2026). "Everything
GPT-5.4
American computer scientist, and Technical Fellow at Microsoft
Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems - Volume 1 (PDF), vol. 1, Richland, SC: International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent
Eric_Horvitz
Computer task-sharing protocol
task-sharing protocol in multi-agent systems, introduced in 1980 by Reid G. Smith. It is used to allocate tasks among autonomous agents. It is close to sealed
Contract_Net_Protocol
Israeli computer scientist (born 1960)
artificial intelligence, notably to multiagent systems, human-agent interaction, autonomous agents and non-monotonic reasoning, as well as her leadership in
Sarit_Kraus
Use of reason to decide how to act
"A Dialogue Game Protocol for Multi-Agent Argument over Proposals for Action". Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems. 11 (2): 153–71. CiteSeerX 10
Practical_reason
American professor (born 1971)
included robot soccer, autonomous bidding agents, autonomous vehicles, autonomic computing, and social agents. In February of 2022, he co-authored a paper
Peter_Stone_(professor)
Criterion for fair division
16th Conference on Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent Systems. AAMAS '17. São Paulo, Brazil: International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems:
Envy-freeness
Artificial model of cognition
1997. Is it an Agent, or just a Program?: A Taxonomy for Autonomous Agents. Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Agent Theories, Architectures
LIDA_(cognitive_architecture)
Portuguese-American computer scientist (born 1957)
academic year 2013–2014. She is the winner of the 2009 ACM/SIGART Autonomous Agents Research Award. She was the Program Chair for IJCAI-07, held January
Manuela_M._Veloso
List of academic journals in artificial intelligence
on Artificial Intelligence Nvidia GTC International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems International Conference on Machine Learning
List of artificial intelligence journals
List_of_artificial_intelligence_journals
Japanese computer scientist
working on Autonomous agents and Multi-agent systems since 1988. He worked toward creation of the International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent
Toru_Ishida
Java framework for system development
Autonomous agent Belief–desire–intention software model Cognitive architecture Distributed multi-agent reasoning system Intelligent agent Java Agent Development
JACK_Intelligent_Agents
Israeli-American computer scientist
widely used single-agent POMDP model to a multi-agent scenario (Dec-POMDP). He has also developed AI algorithms for semi-autonomous systems with potential
Shlomo_Zilberstein
Coordination of multiple robots as a system
companies. Ant robotics – Special case of swarm robotics Autonomous agent – Type of autonomous entity in softwares Behavior-based robotics – Branch of
Swarm_robotics
Pathfinding problem
multi-agent path finding with weighted and capacitated arcs" (PDF). Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent Systems
Multi-agent_pathfinding
Suggested cognitive limit important in sociology and anthropology
societies of approximately 80 individuals) and computer-simulated virtual autonomous agents with simple reaction programming emulating what is referred to in
Dunbar's_number
Process calculus
used to reason through business processes, molecular biology. and autonomous agents in artificial intelligence. The π-calculus belongs to the family of
Π-calculus
Software that systematically browses the World Wide Web
In K. Sycara and M. Wooldridge (eds.) Proc. 2nd Intl. Conf. on Autonomous Agents (Agents '98). ACM Press Chakrabarti, Soumen; Van Den Berg, Martin; Dom
Web_crawler
Social structure made up of a set of social actors
coordination through diverse interventions, including the addition of autonomous agents to the groups. Randomly distributed networks: Exponential random graph
Social_network
American AI researcher and entrepreneur
Deitke co-founded an AI startup called Vercept, which aimed to develop autonomous agents capable of performing open-ended tasks in real-world environments
Matt_Deitke
real-time protection”. AI and autonomous agent Monitoring: As AI systems such as LLM apps, RAG pipelines, and autonomous agents increasingly access corporate
Database_activity_monitoring
Japanese light novel series
Birthplaces of the Agents of the Four Seasons. They represent autonomous institutions tasked with procreating, training, and protecting the Agents of the Four
Agents_of_the_Four_Seasons
Greek-American computer scientist
particularly in the fields of negotiation, autonomous agents and multi-agent systems. She directs the Advanced Agent-Robotics Technology Lab at Robotics Institute
Katia_Sycara
AI whose outputs can be understood by humans
Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems - Volume 1. AAMAS '16. Richland, SC: International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent
Explainable artificial intelligence
Explainable_artificial_intelligence
American computer scientist
Game Theory Society (GTS). Among his awards are the 2008 ACM/SIGART Autonomous Agents Research Award, the 2012 ACM - AAAI Allen Newell Award, and the 2019
Yoav_Shoham
Problem in social choice
International Conference on Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent Systems. AAMAS '21. Richland, SC: International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems:
Combinatorial participatory budgeting
Combinatorial_participatory_budgeting
American philosopher (born 1941)
autonomy is neutral as to which principles or projects the agent endorses. So different autonomous agents may follow very different principles. But, as Audi points
Robert_Audi
AUTONOMOUS AGENT
AUTONOMOUS AGENT
Surname or Lastname
English and Catalan
English and Catalan : occupational name for a trader, from Old French mercier, Late Latin mercarius (an agent derivative of merx, genitive mercis, ‘merchandise’). In Middle English the term was applied particularly to someone who dealt in textiles, especially the more costly and luxurious fabrics such as silks, satin, and velvet.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Messenger.German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : occupational name for a brazier, from an agent derivative of Middle High German messinc ‘brass’, German Messing, from Greek mossynoikos (khalkos) ‘Mossynoecan bronze’, named after the people of northeastern Asia Minor who first produced the alloy.German : habitational name from Mössingen in Baden-Württemberg (Messingen in the local dialect), which is recorded as Masginga in 789, probably from the personal name Masco + ingen, suffix of relationship.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a moneyer, Old English myntere, an agent derivative of mynet ‘coin’, from Late Latin moneta ‘money’, originally an epithet of the goddess Juno (meaning ‘counselor’, from monere ‘advise’), at whose temple in Rome the coins were struck. The English term was used at an early date to denote a workman who stamped the coins; later it came to denote the supervisors of the mint, who were wealthy and socially elevated members of the merchant class, and who were made responsible for the quality of the coinage by having their names placed on the coins.
Surname or Lastname
Scottish and English
Scottish and English : topographic name for someone who lived near a mill, Middle English mille, milne (Old English myl(e)n, from Latin molina, a derivative of molere ‘to grind’). It was usually in effect an occupational name for a worker at a mill or for the miller himself. The mill, whether powered by water, wind, or (occasionally) animals, was an important center in every medieval settlement; it was normally operated by an agent of the local landowner, and individual peasants were compelled to come to him to have their grain ground into flour, a proportion of the ground grain being kept by the miller by way of payment.English : from a short form of a personal name, probably female, as for example Millicent.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly Dorset)
English (mainly Dorset) : occupational name for a locksmith, from an agent derivative of Middle English, Old English loc ‘lock’, ‘fastening’ (see Lock, and compare Locker).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name, from Middle English, Old French messag(i)er ‘carrier of messages’ (an agent derivative of message, Late Latin missaticum, from missus ‘sent’).
Surname or Lastname
German
German : topographic name for someone who lived by a meadow, from Matte 1 + -er, suffix denoting an inhabitant.English and Dutch : occupational name for a maker of mats, from an agent derivative of Middle English matte, Middle Dutch mat ‘mat’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a player on the lute, Middle English lutar, an agent derivative of lute.English : metonymic occupational name for an otter hunter, from Old French loutre ‘otter’.Dutch : variant of Luther 1.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : either an occupational name for a carter, from an agent derivative of Middle English lode ‘to load’, or a topographic name from a derivative of Middle English lode ‘path’, ‘road’, ‘watercourse’.German : occupational name for a weaver of woolen cloth (loden), Middle High German lodære.North German : nickname for a good-for-nothing, from Middle Low German lod(d)er.
Surname or Lastname
Americanized form of German Möller (see Moeller).German
Americanized form of German Möller (see Moeller).German : habitational name for someone from Melle.German, Jewish (Ashkenazic), and Polish : occupational name for a miller or flour merchant, from an agent derivative of German Mehl ‘flour’.English : variant of Miller.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the male personal name Manasseh, Hebrew Menashe ‘one who causes to forget’ (see Manasse), borne in the Middle Ages by Christians as well as by Jews. Hebrew Menashe and its reflexes in other Jewish languages have always been popular among Jews.English : occupational name for someone who made handles for agricultural and domestic implements, from an agent derivative of Anglo-Norman French mance ‘handle’ (Old French manche, Late Latin manicus, a derivative of manus ‘hand’).
Surname or Lastname
English, Dutch, and German
English, Dutch, and German : occupational name for a retail trader, Middle English manger, monger, Middle Dutch manger, menger, Middle High German mangære, mengære (from Late Latin mango ‘salesman’, with the addition of the Germanic agent suffix).Norwegian : habitational name from a farmstead in southwestern Norway named as Mángr in Old Norse, perhaps from már ‘sea gull’ + angr ‘fjord’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a boundary (see Mark 2). It is notable that early examples of the surname tend to occur near borders, for example on the Kent-Sussex boundary.English : possibly an occupational name from an agent derivative of Middle English mark(en) ‘to put a mark on’, although it is not clear what the exact nature of the work of such a ‘marker’ would be.English : relatively late development of Mercer. There is one family in Clitheroe, Lancashire, who spelled their name Mercer or Marcer in the 16th century, but Marker in the 17th.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : occupational name from Yiddish marker ‘servant’.German : status name for someone who lived on an area of land that was marked off from the village land or woodland, Middle High German merkære.Danish : from a short form of the Germanic personal name Markward.
Surname or Lastname
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : metonymic occupational name for a cutler, from Middle High German mezzer ‘knife’, from Old High German mezzirahs, mezzisahs, a compound of maz ‘food’, ‘meat’ + sahs ‘knife’, ‘sword’. The Jewish name is from German Messer ‘knife’ or Yiddish meser.German : occupational name for an official in charge of measuring the dues paid in kind by tenants, from an agent derivative of Middle High German mezzen ‘to measure’.English and Scottish : occupational name for someone who kept watch over harvested crops, Middle English, Older Scots mess(i)er, from Old French messier (see Messier).
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Independent; Autonomous
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for someone who produced or used malt for brewing, from an agent derivative of Middle English malt ‘malt’, ‘germinated barley’ (Old English mealt).English (of Norman origin) : according to Reaney, a habitational name from some place in France called Maleterre, from Old French male terre ‘bad land’ (Latin mala terra).German : metonymic occupational name for a grain measurer or a maker of grain measures, or for a miller, from Middle High German malter, a measure of grain.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : occupational name for a miller. The standard modern vocabulary word represents the northern Middle English term, an agent derivative of mille ‘mill’, reinforced by Old Norse mylnari (see Milner). In southern, western, and central England Millward (literally, ‘mill keeper’) was the usual term.Southwestern and Swiss German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Müller (see Mueller).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for someone who built mines, either for the excavation of coal and other minerals, or as a technique in the medieval art of siege warfare. The word represents an agent derivative of Middle English, Old French mine ‘mine’ (a word of Celtic origin, cognate with Gaelic mein ‘ore’, ‘mine’).
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : unexplained. Perhaps a variant spelling of Mallis.Greek : occupational name for a seller of honey, from meli ‘honey’ + the agent noun suffix -as.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : of uncertain origin. It may be a nickname for a beggar, from an agent derivative of maund ‘beg’ (probably from Old French mendier, Late Latin mendicare); this word is not attested before the 16th century, but may well have been in use earlier. Alternatively it may be an occupational name for a maker of baskets, from an agent derivative of Middle English maund ‘basket’ (Old French mande, of Germanic origin); or perhaps for someone in some position of authority, from a shortened form of Middle English coma(u)nder (from coma(u)nden ‘to command’).German : habitational name from places called Mandern, in Hesse and the Rhineland.Belgian (van der Mander) : habitational name from a place called Ter Mandere or Mandel, in West Flanders, derived from the river name Mandel.Indian (Panjab) : Sikh (Dogar, Jat) name of unknown meaning, based on the names of clans in these communities.
AUTONOMOUS AGENT
AUTONOMOUS AGENT
Boy/Male
British, English
From the Flooding Brook
Boy/Male
Tamil
Hindu God
Boy/Male
Indian
Bright and graceful, Wild Jasmine, Honey
Girl/Female
Arabic, French, Hebrew, Indian, Jamaican
Nobel; Greatest; Powerful
Boy/Male
African, Arabic, Egyptian, Swahili
Victorious; Supporter
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu
Mother; Tenderness; Goddess Lakshmi
Boy/Male
Hebrew
Peaceful.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, Chinese, Hebrew
God has Given
Boy/Male
Irish
Courteous.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Varaganapati | வரகநாபதீÂ
Bestowed of boons
AUTONOMOUS AGENT
AUTONOMOUS AGENT
AUTONOMOUS AGENT
AUTONOMOUS AGENT
AUTONOMOUS AGENT
a.
Independent in government; having the right or power of self-government.
a.
Of or pertaining to an agent or an agency.
n.
One who vends; one who transfers the exclusive right of possessing a thing, either his own, or that of another as his agent, for a price or pecuniary equivalent; a seller; a vendor.
n.
A subordinate agent.
n.
An active power or cause; that which has the power to produce an effect; as, a physical, chemical, or medicinal agent; as, heat is a powerful agent.
n.
A native attorney or agent; also, an ambassador.
a.
Producing vapor; tending to pass, or to cause to pass, into vapor; thus, volatile fluids are vaporific; heat is a vaporific agent.
prep.
Denoting one who in certain cases may assume the office or duties of a superior; designating an officer or an office that is second in rank or authority; as, vice president; vice agent; vice consul, etc.
a.
Having the power of self-government; autonomous.
n.
A medicinal agent designed for administration in the form of inhaled vapor.
a.
Not faithful; not observant of promises, vows, allegiance, or duty; violating trust or confidence; treacherous; perfidious; as, an unfaithful subject; an unfaithful agent or servant.
v. t.
Endowed with the power of willing; as, man is a voluntary agent.
v. t.
Of or pertaining to the will; subject to, or regulated by, the will; as, the voluntary motions of an animal, such as the movements of the leg or arm (in distinction from involuntary motions, such as the movements of the heart); the voluntary muscle fibers, which are the agents in voluntary motion.
prep.
Acting of suffering for another; as, a vicarious agent or officer.
a.
Being in essence or effect, not in fact; as, the virtual presence of a man in his agent or substitute.
a.
Characterized by autogamy; self-fertilized.
n.
A petty fellow; an inferior agent; an underling.
a.
Having independent existence or laws.
n.
That form of electricity which is developed by the chemical action between metals and different liquids; voltaic electricity; also, the science which treats of this form of electricity; -- called also galvanism, from Galvani, on account of his experiments showing the remarkable influence of this agent on animals.
n.
An inferior person or agent; a subordinate; hence, a mean, sorry fellow.