Nominators

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Individuals or entities that propose nominations for positions, awards, or recognitions while engaging in a selection process
2. Parties that put forward candidates for consideration, often influencing the outcome of elections or honors through their choices
3. Actors involved in the act of nominating, where they submit suggestions for individuals or entities to receive honors or roles in various contexts

Etymology: The English word "nominator" is a plural-friendly agent noun built from "nominate" and the suffix "-or," which marks a person who performs an action. Its deeper ancestry runs through Latin "nōmen," meaning "name," which came to be the base for a whole family of Latin verbs and nouns about naming and appointing. "Nominate" itself was borrowed from Latin "nōminātus," the past participle of "nōmināre," "to name," and the same root gives English "name," "noun," and "denomination." The Latin source is "nōminātor," a noun meaning one who names or proposes, and English took it over directly as "nominator." The word therefore keeps the original Latin sense of naming: a nominator is literally someone who puts a name forward. In the modern sense, the name is put forward for an honor, a prize, a board seat or an office, which is the same act of naming applied to public selection.

Synonyms: selectors, designators, appointors, recommenders, proposers