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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Even passive index-fund owners still have to decide what type of indexer they want to be.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
We all loved this commentary and came to refer to it as the revenge of the mad indexer.
From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2022
When Bromley lost the election, he was furious, seeing his humiliation by the satirical indexer as having been instrumental in his failure.
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2022
Steven Moore is a literary critic who moonlights as an indexer.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 18, 2022
No one save an expert indexer would have the courage to commit himself to the exact number of Boswell's references to the Mitre.
From Inns and Taverns of Old London by Henry C. (Henry Charles) Shelley