namers

plural of namer
as in voters
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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Noun
  • Twice that day, Issa hears about earnest stuff Anton said to win voters over to Paul Baker’s side.
    Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The disclosure contends that, because of the new procedures, a single scanning error in a batch of tens of thousands of ballot envelopes could prevent any from reaching voters.
    Nicholas Riccardi, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 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
  • The Edsel also introduced the Teletouch transmission, which placed push-button gear selectors in the center of the steering wheel.
    Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
Noun
  • Currently, informal waste pickers and scrap collectors make up a large portion of Vietnam’s collection system, so the new policy also will factor in that labor so that workers aren’t left behind.
    Jennifer Bringle, Footwear News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Federal authorities soon sent 20,000 pounds (9,072 kg) of food to the pea pickers’ camp.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 Aug. 2026
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“Namers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/namers. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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