recorder

American  

[ri-kawr-der] / rɪˈkɔr dər /

noun

1. a person who records, especially as an official duty.

2. English Law.

   1. a judge in a city or borough court.

   2. (formerly) the legal adviser of a city or borough, with responsibility for keeping a record of legal actions and local customs.

3. a recording or registering apparatus or device.

4. a device for recording sound, images, or data by electrical, magnetic, or optical means.

5. an end-blown flute having a fipple mouthpiece, eight finger holes, and a soft, mellow tone.

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recorder British  

/ rɪˈkɔːdə /

noun

1. a person who records, such as an official or historian

2. something that records, esp an apparatus that provides a permanent record of experiments, etc

3. short for tape recorder

4. music a wind instrument of the flute family, blown through a fipple in the mouth end, having a reedlike quality of tone. There are four usual sizes: bass, tenor, treble, and descant

5. (in England) a barrister or solicitor of at least ten years' standing appointed to sit as a part-time judge in the crown court

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recorder Cultural  

1. A wooden flute played like a whistle. It was popular in the fourteenth through eighteenth centuries. Interest in it has been revived over the past few decades.

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Other Word Forms

• recordership noun

Etymology

Origin of recorder

1275–1325; Middle English recorder wind instrument ( record, -er ¹ ), recordour legal official (< Anglo-French recordour, Old French recordeour )

Example Sentences

Two types of instrument are used: either a Campbell-Stokes sunshine recorder or a modern sunshine duration detector.

From BBC

Stone wandered around, with a recorder hidden in his fedora, documenting and then disassembling all that, as well as what he recorded in his travels.

From Los Angeles Times

In May 2018, Toyota representatives received a message from the California Highway Patrol, which needed help downloading information from the data recorders inside a Corolla.

From The Wall Street Journal

Bands promoted shows on Xeroxed fliers and recorded their songs on tape recorders.

From The Wall Street Journal

And that means anything you say while the recorder is on may be reflected in your medical record, where your insurer may be able to see it.

From The Wall Street Journal

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