Onomastician

Quick meaning: Onomastician is a noun meaning A person who studies onomastics; one who studies or researches names.

Meaning

A person who studies onomastics; one who studies or researches names.

Example Sentences

As an onomastician, I take it to be axiomatic that name choice in a great author’s works is a highly controlled and deliberate act.

What is a mere layman doing amongst people talking about such a specialised subject. Shouldn’t the organisers have invited our only onomastician to give this keynote?

The semantics of names vs. the semantics of words has been the most attractive and active field of inquiry in onomastics, investigating a large cultural variety of names and their embeddedness in many different languages. It is not surprising therefore that the onomastician’s closest ally is the lexicologist; the student of names is most easily understood by the student of words.

Word Forms

• onomasticians

Synonyms for onomastician

Depending on context, synonyms include onomasiologist, onomast, onomatologist.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include onomast, onomatology, onomasiologist, toponymist, nomologist, toponymy.

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