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
  • Big problems that don’t get fixed quickly enough or at all, and Pratt represents the angry voter who wants to know why City Hall can’t do better and where all the money went.
    Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
  • That’s why close races can shift long after the last voter leaves a polling place.
    James Ward, USA Today, 4 June 2026
Noun
  • De Jesus describes her life in the 1950s as a waste picker in the Canindé favela in São Paulo, Brazil.
    Roberto Prieto, Variety, 26 May 2026
  • Miller says robotics have helped dramatically cut the amount of time a warehouse picker spends walking the floor and have taken on difficult tasks like unloading boxes from a trailer on a hot day.
    John Kell, Fortune, 20 May 2026
Noun
  • Hall of Fame selectors should give none of that more than passing consideration.
    Ralph D. Russo, New York Times, 2 June 2026
  • The small gear selector feels disappointingly flimsy considering the otherwise upmarket presentation.
    Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Noun
  • The clerk’s office determined Davidson remains a qualified elector.
    Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 15 May 2026
  • John Eastman, the lawyer who spearheaded the alternate electors plan, was last week formally disbarred in California following a three-year disciplinary process.
    Ella Lee, The Hill, 22 Apr. 2026

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“Namer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/namer. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.

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