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namer

UK/ˈneɪm.ə/US/ˈneɪm.ɚ/

namer noun: one who names, or calls by name.

Noun

namer (plural namers)

  1. One who names, or calls by name.
    • "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."2010, Alexander Irvine, Iron Man 2: The Junior Novel, page 77
    • It was that veteran namer of geological periods Charles Lyell who coined the term Pleistocene.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 145

Forms of namer

pluralnamers

Origin of namer

From name + -er.

Words that rhyme with namer

Questions about namer

What does namer mean?
Namer means one who names, or calls by name.
What part of speech is namer?
Namer is a noun.
How do you pronounce namer?
Namer is pronounced /ˈneɪm.ə/ (UK).
What is the plural of namer?
The plural of namer is namers.

Words near namer in the dictionary

  1. nameplated
  2. nameplates
  3. nameplating
  4. nameplay
  5. nameplays
  6. namer
  7. Namerican
  8. namers
  9. names
  10. names after
  11. names and shames

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