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Meaning of NOMENCLATOR

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\No"men*cla`tor\, n. [L., fr. nomen name + calare to
call. See {Name}, and {Calendar}.]
1. One who calls persons or things by their names.
Note: 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.
 

 

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