namer

Definition of namernext
as in voter
someone with the right or responsibility for making a selection we can't start the ceremony until the namer of the scholarship winners shows up

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Recent Examples of namer And Elia Kazan, the most notorious name-namer of them all, was simply a courageous patriot who told the truth. Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2026
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Noun
  • That growth prompted voters to approve a bond measure that funded improvements across the district, including the expansion of Windsor Middle School, after the opening of the town's second middle school a few years ago.
    Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 14 July 2026
  • Early voting locations will be open in Johnson and Wyandotte County for voters to cast their ballots.
    Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2026
Noun
  • The next altcoin cycle will look less like a rising tide and more like a stock-picker's market, forcing traders and investors to become more selective than ever.
    Anastasia Chernikova, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • The risks are especially acute for temporary workers, subcontractors and waste pickers, the study said.
    Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 17 June 2026
Noun
  • In some ultra-competitive genres—Northern soul, hip-hop, jungle—selectors have been known to cover up the center stickers of their records, or leave white labels unmarked, to throw boothsnooping DJs off the scent.
    Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 18 July 2026
  • Marcus North, the England national men’s selector, arrived just in time to witness it first-hand.
    Hector Vickers, New York Times, 21 June 2026
Noun
  • Each state’s number of electors equals the size of its congressional delegation, or the number of senators (2) plus the number of Representatives for the state.
    Marlow Stern, Variety, 22 June 2026
  • In Arizona, defense lawyers argued the law allowed for multiple slates of electors to be submitted to Congress in case the results were disputed.
    Jacques Billeaud, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026

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“Namer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/namer. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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