namer

namer

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Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥
Proto-Germanic *namô
Proto-West Germanic *namō
Old English nama
Middle English name
English name
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āsjos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English namer

    From name + -er.

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    Noun

    namer (plural namers)

    1. One who names, or calls by name.
      Hyponym: nomenclaturist
      • 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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