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recorder definition

re·corder (ri kôrdər)

noun

  1. a person who records; esp., an officer appointed or elected to keep records of deeds or other official papers
  2. in some cities, a judge who has the same criminal jurisdiction as a police judge
  3. a machine or device that records; esp., tape recorder
  4. Etymology: ME < recorden, to sing, warble: see record

    any of a group of wind instruments, with eight finger holes and a fipple in a straight tube with the mouthpiece at one end

Etymology: ME < Anglo-Fr recordour

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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