1. recorder(n = noun.artifact) recording equipment, recording machine - equipment for making records;
is a kind of equipment
has parts: playback
has particulars: black box, cassette recorder, cd burner, compact-disk burner, magnetic recorder, multichannel recorder, oscillograph
Derived forms verb record2, verb record1
2. recorder(n = noun.person) record-keeper, registrar - someone responsible for keeping records;
is a kind of functionary, official
has particulars: rapporteur
Derived form verb record1
3. recorder(n = noun.person) - a barrister or solicitor who serves as part-time judge in towns or boroughs;
is a kind of judge, jurist, justice
4. recorder(n = noun.artifact) fipple flute, fipple pipe, vertical flute - a tubular wind instrument with 8 finger holes and a fipple mouthpiece;
is a kind of pipe
has particulars: flageolet, shepherd's pipe, treble recorder, pennywhistle, tin whistle, whistle
1. One who records; specifically, a person whose official duty it is to make a record of writings or transactions. [1913 Webster]
2. The title of the chief judical officer of some cities and boroughs; also, of the chief justice of an East Indian settlement. The Recorder of London is judge of the Lord Mayor's Court, and one of the commissioners of the Central Criminal Court. [1913 Webster]
3. A kind of wind instrument resembling the flageolet. Milton. [1913 Webster]
recorder, n.
1 an apparatus for recording, esp. a tape recorder.
2 a a keeper of records. b a person who makes an official record.
3 Brit. a a barrister or solicitor of at least ten years' standing, appointed to serve as a part-time judge. b hist. a judge in certain courts.
4 Mus. a woodwind instrument like a flute but blown through the end and having a more hollow tone.
Derivative:
recordership n. (in sense 3).
Etymology:
ME f. AF recordour, OF recordeur & f. RECORD (in obs. sense 'practise a tune')
N judge, justice, justiciar, justiciary, chancellor, justice of assize, judge of assize, recorder, common sergeant, puisne judge, assistant judge, county court judge, conservator of the peace, justice of the peace, J, P, court, magistrate, police magistrate, beak, his worship, his honor, his lordship, jury, twelve men in a box, Lord Chancellor, Lord Justice, Master of the Rolls, Vice Chancellor, Lord Chief Justice, Chief Baron, Mr, Justice, Associate Justice, Chief Justice, Baron, Baron of the Exchequer, jurat, assessor, arbiter, arbitrator, umpire, referee, referendary, revising barrister, domesman, censor, barmaster, ephor, grand juror, grand juryman, juryman, talesman, archon, tribune, praetor, syndic, podesta, mollah, ulema, mufti, cadi, kadi, Rhadamanthus, litigant, judicial, a Daniel come to judgment.
N record, trace, vestige, relic, remains, scar, cicatrix, footstep, footmark, footprint, pug, track mark, wake, trail, scent, piste, monument, hatchment, slab, tablet, trophy, achievement, obelisk, pillar, column, monolith, memorial, memento, testimonial, medal, commemoration, record, note, minute, register, registry, roll, cartulary, diptych, Domesday book, catalogue raisonne, entry, memorandum, indorsement, inscription, copy, duplicate, docket, notch, muniment, deed, document, deposition, proces verbal, affidavit, certificate, notebook, memorandum book, memo book, pocketbook, commonplace book, portfolio, pigeonholes, excerpta, adversaria, jottings, dottings, gazette, gazetteer, newspaper, daily, magazine, almanac, almanack, calendar, ephemeris, diary, log, journal, daybook, ledger, cashbook, petty cashbook, professional journal, scientific literature, the literature, primary literature, secondary literature, article, review article, archive, scroll, state paper, return, blue book, statistics, compte rendu, Acts of, Transactions of, Proceedings of, Hansard's Debates, chronicle, annals, legend, history, biography, Congressional Records, registration, registry, enrollment, inrollment, tabulation, entry, booking, signature, recorder, journalism, recording, tape recording, videotape, compact disk, floppy disk, diskette, hard disk, Winchester disk, read-only memory, ROM, write once read mostly memory, WORM, on record, exegi monumentum aere perennium, read their history in a nation's eyes, records that defy the tooth of time.
N recorder, notary, clerk, registrar, registrary, register, prothonotary, amanuensis, secretary, scribe, babu, remembrancer, bookkeeper, custos rotulorum, Master of the Rolls, annalist, historian, historiographer, chronicler, journalist, biographer, antiquary, memorialist, interviewer.
cassette recorder, magnetic recorder, multichannel recorder, recorder player, tape recorder, treble recorder, videocasette recorder, videocassette recorder, wire recorder