Hypertext Webster Gateway: "nomenclator"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Nomenclator \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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