namer
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈneɪm.ə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈneɪm.ɚ/
- Rhymes: -eɪmə(ɹ)
Noun
[edit]namer (plural namers)
- One who names, or calls by name.
- 2010, Alexander Irvine, Iron Man 2: The Junior Novel, page 77:
- "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."
- 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 145:
- It was that veteran namer of geological periods Charles Lyell who coined the term Pleistocene.
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[edit]Translations
[edit]one who names, or calls by name
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