Recorder Definition
rĭ-kôrdər
recorders
noun
recorders
A person who records; esp., an officer appointed or elected to keep records of deeds or other official papers.
Webster's New World
A machine or device that records; esp., tape recorder.
Webster's New World
In some cities, a judge who has the same criminal jurisdiction as a police judge.
Webster's New World
Any of a group of wind instruments, with eight finger holes and a fipple in a straight tube with the mouthpiece at one end.
Webster's New World
A simple internal duct flute.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- record keeper
- registrar
- recording machine
- recording equipment
- vertical flute
- fipple pipe
- fipple flute
- recording instrument
- dictaphone
- cassette
- tape-recorder
Other Word Forms of Recorder
Noun
Singular:
recorder
Plural:
recordersOrigin of Recorder
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From Anglo-Norman recordour, from Old French recordeor, from Medieval Latin recordātor, from Latin recordor (“call to mind, remember, recollect"), from re- (“back, again") + cor (“heart; mind").
From Wiktionary
Sense 3, probably from record to practice a tune, warble
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Middle English, from record (“to practice (music)")
From Wiktionary
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