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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

IDer en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

From ID (“identify”) + -er (agent noun suffix).

Meanings

  1. Someone who identifies; an identifier.
    • Thanks to this, even veteran identifier Wilks and her team sometimes look to the newbie ID-ers for help. “Usually, when I start [covering] a new show, I will check if there is a fashion Instagram first, either for the show, as a whole, or for a specific actor,” explains Wilks. 2021 August 23, Fawnia Soo Hoo, “Meet The Fashion-Obsessed Instagram Accounts Influencing TV”, in Refinery29:
    • Recently, I wrote an article for this website on the best dining chairs — a process that involved talking to vintage dealers, architects, and chair-book writers about their favorite designs. As a result, my chair Rolodex is now deep enough that I’ve become known as the Strategist’s resident seat-IDer, something I’ve found I can’t turn off even when I leave work. 2022 August 5, Erin Schwartz, “We ID’d (Almost) All of the Design Chairs in Westworld”, in The Strategist:

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IDer en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

From ID (“intelligent design”) + -er (“supporter”).

Meanings

  1. A proponent or supporter of intelligent design.

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