name
noun
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
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
Pyle's an expert namer: He has named two dozen species in publications and has dozens more in the works.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 2, 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
No one knows a man’s true name but himself and his namer.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
