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registrar
[ rej-uh-strahr, rej-uh-strahr ]
/ ˈrɛdʒ əˌstrɑr, ˌrɛdʒ əˈstrɑr /
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noun
a person who keeps a record; an official recorder.
an agent of a bank, trust company, or other corporation who is responsible for certifying and registering issues of securities.
an official at a school or college who maintains students' personal and academic records, issues reports of grades, mails out official publications, etc.
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Origin of registrar
OTHER WORDS FROM registrar
reg·is·trar·ship, nounWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH registrar
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British Dictionary definitions for registrar
registrar
/ (ˌrɛdʒɪˈstrɑː, ˈrɛdʒɪˌstrɑː) /
noun
a person who keeps official records
an administrative official responsible for student records, enrolment procedure, etc, in a school, college, or university
British and NZ a hospital doctor senior to a houseman but junior to a consultant, specializing in either medicine (medical registrar) or surgery (surgical registrar)
Australian the chief medical administrator of a large hospital
mainly US a person employed by a company to maintain a register of its security issues
Derived forms of registrar
registrarship, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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