nomenclator

[ noh-muh n-kley-ter ]
/ ˈnoʊ mənˌkleɪ tər /

noun

a person who assigns names, as in scientific classification; classifier.
Archaic. a person who calls or announces things or persons by their names.

Origin of nomenclator

1555–65; < Latin nōmenclātor, variant of nōmenculātor one who announces names, equivalent to nōmen name + -culātor, variant of calātor a crier ( calā(re) to call + -tor -tor)

Words nearby nomenclator

nomarchy, nombles, nombril, nome, nomen, nomenclator, nomenclature, nomenklatura, nomex, nominal, nominal aphasia

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British Dictionary definitions for nomenclator

nomenclator
/ (ˈnəʊmɛnˌkleɪtə) /

noun

a person who invents or assigns names, as in scientific classification

Word Origin for nomenclator

C16: from Latin, from nōmen name + calāre to call