nameplate

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English

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Etymology

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From name +‎ plate.

Noun

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nameplate (plural nameplates)

  1. A plate or plaque inscribed with a name.
    the nameplate on a locomotive
    the brass nameplate on the doctor's front door
    • 1944 November and December, “Modified G.W.R. "Hall" Class Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 350:
      No. 6959 is painted in the standard wartime black livery and, like its immediate predecessors, does not carry a nameplate, but the words "Hall Class" have been painted on the middle coupled-wheel splasher.
    • 1998 December 18, Peter Margasak, “Punk Planet's New Atmosphere”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
      Now the chintzy nameplate is all that distinguishes his work space from those of the photocopier repairperson, diet food company, and kitchen designer down the hall.
    • 2024 January 10, Chris Gilson, “RAIL's famous five...”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 27:
      By March 1994, it had moved to Cardiff Canton, and was still allocated there when its nameplates were taken off in March 1997.
  2. The masthead of a newspaper.

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