Definition of nameplate:

part of speech: noun

A polished metal plate on which the name of a person and his profession or trade are engraved, to be fastened on the front of a door, as a notification to the public.

Usage examples:

• I was lookin' for her to go white and begin bitin' her upper lip, like they usually does; but she ain't that kind- not on your nameplate Sewell Ford in "Torchy".

• The nameplate on Major's collar! Bradner Buckner in "The Day Time Stopped Moving".

• There was a heavy, brass- studded collar about the animal's neck, and Dave Miller read on its little nameplate Major." Bradner Buckner in "The Day Time Stopped Moving".

• The nameplate on the desk said: Hal H. Wilcox, M. D. " Howdy, gents," said Dr. Hal H. Wilcox, shattering the moon- silence with a vengeance. Walter J. Sheldon in "Brink of Madness".