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.

nomenclator

/ ˈnəʊmɛnˌkleɪtə /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of nomenclator¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of nomenclator¹

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

Example Sentences

The true business of a nomenclator is not to enlarge his list, but to form rational comparisons in order to contract it.

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He wished at first to produce a modern edition of Steudel's Nomenclator.

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The Grand Nomenclator having remained near the door of the staircase soon heard an infernal racket in the chambers above.

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The latter contained a list of all the authors named in the Nomenclator, with notices of their works.

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Is it the whim of a nomenclator, at a loss for words to denote the ever-swelling tide of beasts that require cataloguing?

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