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

And in “Consent” the object becomes subject, the described becomes the describer.

From New York Times • Feb. 23, 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

The utmost the describer call do, in all such cases, is to liken the scene to something already familiar to the reader's imagination.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 by Various