nomenclator

[ noh-muhn-kley-ter ]

noun
  1. a person who assigns names, as in scientific classification; classifier.

  2. Archaic. a person who calls or announces things or persons by their names.

Origin of nomenclator

1
1555–65; <Latin nōmenclātor, variant of nōmenculātor one who announces names, equivalent to nōmenname + -culātor, variant of calātor a crier (calā(re) to call + -tor-tor)

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nomenclator

/ (ˈnəʊmɛnˌkleɪtə) /


noun
  1. a person who invents or assigns names, as in scientific classification

Origin of nomenclator

1
C16: from Latin, from nōmen name + calāre to call

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