Nomenclator (nomenclature)
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A nomenclator (pronounced /ˈnoʊmən.kleɪtər/ US dict: nō′·mən·klā·tər, plural nomenclators) is derived from the Latin nomen- name + calare - to call. In classical times it referred to a slave whose duty was to recall the names of persons his master met during a political campaign. Later this became names of people in any social context and included other socially important information.[1]
However, it has taken on several other meanings and also refers to a book containing collections or lists of words.[1] It also denotes a person, generally a public official, who announces the names of guests at a party or other social gathering or ceremony.[1]
In more general terms still, it is a person who provides or creates the names for things.[2] and this can apply to the application of names in a scientific or any other context but especially in relation to specialist terminologies, glossaries etc.[1][3]
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nomenclature — [ nɔmɑ̃klatyr ] n. f. • 1559; lat. nomenclatura « action d appeler (calare) par le nom (nomen) » 1 ♦ Ensemble des termes employés dans une science, une technique, un art..., méthodiquement classés; méthode de classement de ces termes. ⇒… … Encyclopédie Universelle
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nomenclature — [nō′mən klā΄chər; ] also, and chiefly Brit [, nō men′klə chər] n. [L nomenclatura: see NOMENCLATOR] 1. the system or set of names used in a specific branch of learning or activity, as in biology for plants and animals, or for the parts of a… … English World dictionary
nomenclator — and nomenclature A book containing collections or lists of words. And one who gives names to or invents names for things. Nomenclator comes to us directly from Latin, in which it means name caller (from nomen, meaning name, and the verb… … Glossary of Art Terms
Nomenclature — For conventions governing Wikipedia article names, see Wikipedia:Naming conventions, for soviet class, see Nomenklatura. Nomenclature is a term that applies to either a list of names and/or terms, or to the system of principles, procedures and… … Wikipedia
Nomenclature — Une nomenclature désigne une instance de classification (code, tableau, liste, règles d attribution d identité...) faisant autorité et servant de référence à une discipline donnée. Le mot et l idée viennent directement du latin nomenclatura… … Wikipédia en Français
nomenclator — noun a) An assistant who specializes in providing timely and spatially relevant reminders of the names of persons and other socially important information. If he does not know them, it is deception to pretend that he does, while all the time he… … Wiktionary
