namer
- a word derived from name.
Example Sentences
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The namer was a conservative website called the DC Enquirer.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 3, 2022
It's supposed to be kept between the namer and the named - a dark reminder to the growing child that one person saw into his or her soul at birth.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2017
Rafinesque, an excellent piece in Atlas Obscura notes, “was an extremely enthusiastic namer of species: during his career as a naturalist, he named 2,700 plant genera and 6,700 species, approximately”.
From The Guardian • May 3, 2016
Only two labs used proper names; in one, names were given as jokes, while in the other, the namer was the student assistant rather than the researcher.
From Science Magazine • Feb. 26, 2015
This woman was the giver of American names, a powerful namer, though it was American names; my parents gave the Chinese names.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
