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nominator

American  
[nah-muhn-ayt-er] / ˈnɑ mənˌeɪt ər /

noun

plural

nominators
  1. someone or something that nominates.


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For example, named storm number four will be Dave, described by the nominator as named for "my beloved husband who can snore three times louder than any storm".

From BBC • Aug. 31, 2025

They were nominated for "their efforts to inform about, and protect, Earth's natural diversity, a prerequisite for sustainable and peaceful societies," said nominator Une Bastholm, the leader of the Norwegian Green Party.

From Reuters • Feb. 1, 2022

“Supply chain issues have become the scapegoat of everything that doesn’t happen or arrive on time and of every shortage,” one nominator said.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 31, 2021

In the summer of 2017, a representative of “1984,” a play produced by Mr. Rudin, barred a Tony nominator, Jose Antonio Vargas, from watching the show.

From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2021

The real nominator was the Pope or the King, whichever happened at the crisis to be in the ascendant.

From Old St. Paul's Cathedral by Benham, William