NOMENCLATOR


Meaning of NOMENCLATOR in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈnō-mən-ˌklā-tər ]

noun

Etymology: Latin, slave whose duty was to announce the names of persons met during a political campaign, from nomen + calare to call — more at low

Date: 1585

1. : a book containing collections or lists of words

2. archaic : one who announces the names of guests or of persons generally

3. : one who gives names to or invents names for things

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.