namer
nounUK /ˈneɪm.ə/ · US /ˈneɪm.ɚ/
Etymology From name + -er.
1
One who names, or calls by name.
- "Tony, I'm the executive director of S.H.I.E.L.D., the Strategic Homeland Intelligence, Enforcement, and Logistics Division," explained Fury. Tony nodded. […] "Want a tip? Fire your namer of things, because that's a mouthful."2010, Alexander Irvine, Iron Man 2: The Junior Novel, page 77:
- It was that veteran namer of geological periods Charles Lyell who coined the term Pleistocene.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 145:
- Related terms
- name-caller, name names, invoker, onomastician, onomatologist