nomenclator
/noh-muhn-kley-ter/US // ˈnoʊ mənˌkleɪ tər //UK // (ˈnəʊmɛnˌkleɪtə) //
命名者,命名器,命名人,命名员
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a person who assigns names, as in scientific classification; classifier.
- : Archaic. a person who calls or announces things or persons by their names.
Examples
The true business of a nomenclator is not to enlarge his list, but to form rational comparisons in order to contract it.
He wished at first to produce a modern edition of Steudel's Nomenclator.
The Grand Nomenclator having remained near the door of the staircase soon heard an infernal racket in the chambers above.
The latter contained a list of all the authors named in the Nomenclator, with notices of their works.
Is it the whim of a nomenclator, at a loss for words to denote the ever-swelling tide of beasts that require cataloguing?
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