namer

English

Etymology

name + -er

Pronunciation

Noun

namer (plural namers)

  1. One who names, or calls by name.
    • 2010, Alexander Irvine, Iron Man 2: The Junior Novel, page 77:
      "Tony, I'm the executive director of S.H.I.E.L.D., the Strategic Homeland Intelligence, Enforcement, and Logistics Division," explained Fury.
      Tony nodded. [] "Want a tip? Fire your namer of things, because that's a mouthful."
    • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 145:
      It was that veteran namer of geological periods Charles Lyell who coined the term Pleistocene.

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