NOMENCLATOR
Etymology
Noun
nomenclator (plural nomenclators)
An assistant who specializes in providing timely and spatially relevant reminders of the names of persons and other socially important information.
One who assigns or constructs names for persons or objects or classes thereof, as in a scientific classification system.
A document containing such name assignments.
An early form of substitution cipher.
Synonyms
• (document containing names): vocabulary, glossary
Anagrams
• monocentral
Source: Wiktionary
No"men*cla`tor, n. Etym: [L., fr. nomen name + calare to call. See Name, and Calendar.]
1. One who calls persons or things by their names.
Note: In Rome, candidates for office were attended each by a nomenclator, who informed the candidate of the names of the persons whom they met and whose votes it was desirable to solicit.
2. One who gives names to things, or who settles and adjusts the nomenclature of any art or science; also, a list or vocabulary of technical names.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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