A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Nomenclato(u)r, n. [e.m.E. nomenclator, (1585) a wordlist, (1599) one who announces names, L. nōmenclātor.] a. A University student appointed as a kind of monitor or prefect over part of his class. b. One who calls the names of parties whose presence is required in court. —a. 1563-1570 Buch. Wr. 8, 9.
The nomenclatouris to haif charge to gather the lessons writtin, euery ane in hys awyne decurio and bring thayme to the regent and schaw hym quha has faltis. And geif the regent find falt quhairof the nomenclator has nocht adveitysit hym, than he sal punys baith the writar and the nomenclatorb. 1622-6 Bisset I. 153/30.
The foure ordiner maisseris … as nomenclatores callis the pairties perseware and defendare
