nomenclator

(nō′mən klāt′ər)

noun

a person, specif. a slave in ancient Rome, who announces the names of guests, etc.
a person who invents names for, or assigns them to, things, as in scientific classification

Origin: L < nomen, name + calator, caller, crier < pp. of calare, to call: see clamor

See nomenclator in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

One who assigns names, as in scientific classification.

Origin:

Origin: Latin nōmenclātor, a slave who accompanied his master to tell him the names of people he met

Origin: , variant of nōmenculātor

Origin: : nōmen, name; see nō̆-men- in Indo-European roots

Origin: + calātor, servant, crier (from calāre, to call; see kelə-² in Indo-European roots)

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