namer (namer)

[ Skilful Merlin, namer of that town [Caermarthen]. Drayton, Battle of Agin court. name-saint (nām sānt), n. The saint after whom one is named; a saint whose name one has as his baptismal name or as part of it. namesake (nam'sāk), n . One who is named after or for the sake of another; hence, one who has the same name as another. I find Charles Lillie to be the darling of your affections; that you have taken no small pains to establish him in the world; and, at the same time, have pa ed by his name- sake at this end of the town. Steele, Tatler, No. 142. It was supposed that, on her death-bed, Mrs. Egerton had recommended her impoverished namesakes and kindred to the care of her husband. Bulwer , My Novel, ii. 5. name-son (nam's un), n. One who is named after another; a namesake. I am your name - son , sure enough. Smollett , Sir L. Greaves, xii. naming (nā'ming), n. [ naming , verbal n. of namel , v.] The act of giving a name to anything: as, the naming and description of shells. nammad, n. Same as numud .