Nomenclator Definition
nōmən-klātər
noun
A person, specif. a slave in ancient Rome, who announces the names of guests, etc.
Webster's New World
A person who invents names for, or assigns them to, things, as in scientific classification.
Webster's New World
An assistant who specializes in providing timely and spatially relevant reminders of the names of persons and other socially important information.
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Other Word Forms of Nomenclator
Noun
Singular:
nomenclator
Plural:
nomenclatorsOrigin of Nomenclator
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Latin nōmenclātor a slave who accompanied his master to tell him the names of people he met variant of nōmenculātor nōmen name nō̆-men- in Indo-European roots calātor servant, crier (from calāre to call kelə-2 in Indo-European roots)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Latin nōmenclātor (“slave who told master names of persons master met"), from nōmen (“name") + calō (“call together").
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