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Webster 1913 Edition


Nomenclator

No′men-claˊtor

,
Noun.
[L., fr.
nomen
name +
calare
to call. See
Name
, and
Calendar
.]
1.
One who calls persons or things by their names.
☞ In Rome, candidates for office were attended each by a nomenclator, who informed the candidate of the names of the persons whom they met and whose votes it was desirable to solicit.
2.
One who gives names to things, or who settles and adjusts the nomenclature of any art or science; also, a list or vocabulary of technical names.

Webster 1828 Edition


Nomenclator

NOMENCLATOR

1.
A person who calls things or persons by their names. In Rome, candidates for office were attended each by a nomenclator, who informed the candidate of the names of the persons they met, and whose votes they wished to solicit.
2.
In modern usage, a person who gives names to things, or who settles and adjusts the names of things in any art or science.

Definition 2024


nomenclátor

nomenclátor

See also: nomenclator

Spanish

Noun

nomenclátor m (plural nomenclátores)

  1. name catalogue; binder of names