Appointer

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A person who assigns roles or positions to individuals in various contexts
2. An individual tasked with the responsibility of selecting or designating others for specific duties or roles
3. Someone who designates or chooses individuals for specific roles or responsibilities

Etymology: "Appointer" is a plain formation: the verb "appoint" with the agent suffix "-er" added, producing a noun for one who appoints. "Appoint" itself came into English from Old French "apointer," meaning to arrange or put in order, built from "a point" ("to a point" or "in order"), so the suffix simply turns the act of arranging or naming someone to a post into the name for the person doing it. The suffix "-er" has been used this way since Old English, attaching to verbs to name the doer of an action, as in "baker" or "writer." Its attachment to "appoint" follows the same pattern, so the word needed no special coinage; it simply names whoever carries out the act of appointing.

Synonyms: nominator