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namer

namer

2 7.5
A person who gives a name to someone or something
  • noun
  • /ˈneɪmər/
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  • But I soon realized that Ohio's namers of things had embraced a far larger world.
  • namer and the named

Well, the, the master Namer tells GED this.

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Examples

  • Because in this role, the poet functioned as namer, he momentarily gained command over the war's oppressiveness.

    Academic text (1996)
  • The namer of the baby chose a unique name that nobody had heard before.

  • Then it occurred to me that it would take a Namer to do that.

    Blog text (12)
  • Number three had given the namers the most trouble.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • What about the fact that there were more namers in the past?

    Blog text (9)
  • Since naming is always two-sided, it should therefore be viewed from the perspectives of both the namer and the named.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Namers are powerful; they exert influence and control over how matters are discussed and acted upon.

    Academic text (2006)
  • The conflict between shapers and namers eventually led to the creation war and the creation of fae and human worlds.

    Blog text (9)
  • It'll be mighty strange if the next wave of heroes are lute-bearing namers.

    Blog text (27)
  • So, why would Elodin say that "When naming was still taught, we namers wore our prowess proudly?

    Blog text (12)

Synonyms

designator
vsnamer
2 7.0

A person or thing that gives a name to something

is only a person who actively gives names

Surface Forms

namer singular
namers plural

Morphology

namer = name (transparent) = name + er

Standard agentive formation: the verb 'name' plus '-er' yields 'a person who names', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

The word namer comes from the basic English word name and the ending -er, which means 'one who'. So a namer is literally 'one who gives a name', just like a teacher is 'one who teaches', which makes the meaning easy to remember.