nomenclator

no·men·cla·tor

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [noh-muh n-kley-ter]
- /ˈnoʊ mənˌkleɪ tər/
- /nˈəʊmɪŋklˌeɪtə/

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

Definitions of nomenclator word

noun nomenclator a person who assigns names, as in scientific classification; classifier. 1
noun nomenclator Archaic. a person who calls or announces things or persons by their names. 1
noun nomenclator An assistant who specializes in providing timely and spatially relevant reminders of the names of persons and other socially important information. 1
noun nomenclator a person who invents or assigns names, as in scientific classification 0
noun nomenclator a person, specif. a slave in ancient Rome, who announces the names of guests, etc. 0
noun nomenclator a person who invents names for, or assigns them to, things, as in scientific classification 0

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Origin of nomenclator

First appearance:

before 1555

One of the 31% oldest English words

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)

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Parts of speech for Nomenclator

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exclamation

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nomenclator popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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