remembrancer
noun
a person who reminds another of something.
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Remembrancernounany of several officials of the Exchequer esp one ( Queen's or King's Remembrancer ) whose duties include collecting debts due to the Crown
remembrancer
American
[ri-mem-bruhn-ser]
/ rɪˈmɛm brən sər /
noun
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a person who reminds another of something.
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a person engaged to do this.
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Usually Remembrancer
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(formerly) any of certain officials of the Court of Exchequer.
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an officer of the corporation of the City of London.
Remembrancer
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British
/ rɪˈmɛmbrənsə /
noun
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any of several officials of the Exchequer esp one ( Queen's or King's Remembrancer ) whose duties include collecting debts due to the Crown
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an official ( City Remembrancer ) appointed by the Corporation of the City of London to represent its interests to Parliament and elsewhere
remembrancer
2
British
/ rɪˈmɛmbrənsə /
noun
Etymology
Origin of remembrancer
First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English, from Anglo-French; see remembrance, -er 2
Example Sentences
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I had originally made the book as sort of a personal remembrancer and as a gift for the cast and crew after our final year of shooting.
From Salon ● Apr. 8, 2025
He continues, Or I guess it is the handkerchief of the Lord, A scented gift and remembrancer designedly dropped, Like grass is a metaphor for God’s greatness or something.
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
The allegory obviates this ill effect, by serving as a frequent remembrancer of this higher application.
From English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century by Edmund David Jones
Yes, you are my daughter, my child, ever most dear to me, though the evidence and continual remembrancer of my crime.'
When they depart, let them not boast that they have left any remembrancer behind them, or laid claims upon our hands, by their gifts, which we have freely accepted.”
From Sketches of Aboriginal Life American Tableaux, No. 1 by V. V. Vide
The coin was valued at £15,000, which was paid to the finder as a reward by the King's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025
The king’s Remembrancer, created by King Henry II in 1154 and Britain’s oldest judicial post, presides over the trial in a curly, white wig and robes.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2023
“The American Remembrancer and Universal Tablet of Memory” was a 1795 encyclopedia of biography and history.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 2, 2020
In Scotland, unclaimed estates are dealt with by the Office of Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2015
He was, literally, the King's Remembrancer; and so, on this occasion also, he had come as intermediary to remind his Majesty that the hour for the Council was at hand.
From King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties by Laurence Housman
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