describer
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The brother of Akram, the hostage-taker, claimed he had “mental health issues,” and Siddiqui’s lawyer once describer her as in “total psychic pain.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2022
While science historians recognize Colden's work, there have been no notable revisions to botanical history, like revising a species' history and naming her as its describer, and there is still no genus named for her.
From Salon • Apr. 25, 2021
Every audio describer I’ve spoken to has emphasized that one of the fundamental tenants of the craft is never to show off or distract.
From Slate • Dec. 24, 2018
Hence the eighteenth-century lexicographer’s admiration for explorers: “The adventurer upon unknown coasts, and the describer of distant regions” is to be welcomed, he declared, because they “enlarge our knowledge”.
From Nature • Dec. 18, 2018
Since the typical subspecies appears to lack a distinguishing common name, it would seem fitting to associate with it the name of its worthy describer; thus, Richardson’s Barren Ground Caribou.
From The Barren Ground Caribou of Keewatin by Harper, Francis
