Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One, such as a tape recorder, that makes recordings or records.
- noun A public officer in charge of the records of instruments required to be registered, such as deeds.
- noun A judge who has criminal jurisdiction in a city.
- noun Music A flute with eight finger holes and a whistlelike mouthpiece.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who bears witness; a witness.
- noun One who records; specifically, a person whose official duty is to register writings or transactions, as the keeper of the rolls of a city, or the like.
- noun A judge having local criminal jurisdiction in a city or borough.
- noun A musical instrument of the flageolet family, having a long tube with seven holes and a mouthpiece.
- noun A registering apparatus; specifically, in telegraphy, a receiving instrument in which a permanent record of the signals is made.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who records; specifically, a person whose official duty it is to make a record of writings or transactions.
- noun 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.
- noun (Mus.), obsolete A kind of wind instrument resembling the flageolet.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An apparatus for
recording ; a device which records. - noun
Agent noun of record; one who records. - noun A
judge in amunicipal court . - noun A simple internal duct
flute - noun A
woodwind musical instrument .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a tubular wind instrument with 8 finger holes and a fipple mouthpiece
- noun someone responsible for keeping records
- noun equipment for making records
- noun a barrister or solicitor who serves as part-time judge in towns or boroughs
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I disagree, because objecting to a seizure of a recorder is not suspicious activity at all that would form the basis for probable cause.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Ten Rules for Dealing with Police 2010
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Shaped like a normal pen and not weighing much more, the Livescribe has a built-in recorder for storing voice recordings on its internal memory.
Road Worrier Road Tests The Livescribe | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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As a working journalist, a voice recorder is an essential tool of the trade for recording interviews and conference presentations.
Road Worrier Road Tests The Livescribe | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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Is there an FOIA for Nuse's emails and the minutes, because a tape recorder is the only thing that can cause that man to tell the truth.
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My digital satellite recorder is filled to the brim with all the new TV shows that fall into the category.
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When they piss off a spirit in the tiny attic, the response on the digital recorder is pretty clear.
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When they piss off a spirit in the tiny attic, the response on the digital recorder is pretty clear.
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Billie's suggestion for a digital voice recorder is a great one; my mind became a sieve for years after the birth of each of my children.
Balance 2007
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If cost at north of $1500 doesn; t send you packing, the worlds best hand held flash-based audio recorder is made by Sony … see link above for details …
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But the audio recorder is not MP3 (limits space) there is no flash or light, and the view finder is a little off.
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