identifier

/ (aɪˈdɛntɪˌfaɪ) /

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noun

a person or thing that establishes the identity of someone or something

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His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

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How to use identifier in a sentence

The concept of a more secure identifier was relatively novel then, and susceptible to fear mongering.
The Anguish of Alan Simpson, Tragic Hero of Immigration Reform|Eleanor Clift|January 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The sole identifier was the Jewish philosophy book he was reading on the Metro.
Downplaying Western European Anti-Semitism|Liam Hoare|January 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In fact, table manners are all the more potent an identifier for being completely arbitrary.
Mark Pagel in ‘Wired for Culture’ Makes a Strong Case for Cultural Determinism|Casey Schwartz|March 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST
It's a biometric identifier, like fingerprints or retina-scans, but it's got a lot more "collisions" than either of those.
Little Brother|Cory Doctorow

The label now bears in handwriting the name of P. amplus pergracilis and is followed by Benson's initials as the identifier.
Comments on the Taxonomy and Geographic Distribution of Some North American Rodents|E. Raymond Hall
My sarcastic friends are very explicit about this hat serving as my identifier.
Joan of Arc of the North Woods|Holman Day
In this process, the human being became a working being, and work an identifier of the species.
The Civilization of Illiteracy|Mihai Nadin
This attitude is irrelevant in a context in which best is an identifier of wares, not of dynamic knowledge.
The Civilization of Illiteracy|Mihai Nadin

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