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nomen·cla·tor (nō′mən klāt′ər)

noun

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

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

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