indexer
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a word derived from
index.
indexnoun(in a nonfiction book, monograph, etc.) a more or less detailed alphabetical listing of names, places, and topics along with the numbers of the pages on which they are mentioned or discussed, usually included in or constituting the back matter.
Example Sentences
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I’d never thought that an indexer could both editorialize and entertain.
From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2022
The indexer even manages to return fire for the attack on Bromley’s interest in Carp with an entry imputing a similar banality to Addison: “The Lake of Mount Ceunis is well stocked with Trouts, 445.”
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2022
Ita Gordon, an indexer with the Shaoh Foundation, was also a part of the conference.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 17, 2021
Yes, the indexer beats the active trader — but he does not escape his eventual meeting with the taxman.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 20, 2015
It is satisfactory, however, to announce that the indefatigable indexer, Dr. Alfred Tuckerman, is engaged on an extensive Bibliography of Mineral Waters.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 832, December 12, 1891 by Various