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

1350–1400; alteration (see -ar²) of earlier registrary<Medieval Latin registrārius (see register, -ary); replacing earlier registrer,Middle English registrer<Anglo-French (Old French registreur) <Medieval Latin registrātor, equivalent to registrā(re) to register + -tor-tor

OTHER WORDS FROM registrar

reg·is·trar·ship, noun

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register office, register of wills, register ton, register tonnage, registrant, registrar, registrate, registration, registration document, registration number, registration plate

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How to use registrar in a sentence

It has no app on Apple or Google, but it still exists online after Epik, a domain registrar, and Cloudflare, a cloud security company, agreed to go on servicing the company.
What now, Parler?|Lucinda Shen|January 11, 2021|Fortune
The registrar is still counting votes, so some of the tighter races are too soon to call.
Morning Report: Voters Sent a Message on Housing Solutions|Voice of San Diego|November 5, 2020|Voice of San Diego
Somehow the registrar of voters allowed a feed of results of ballots already calculated to go live on the internet.
Morning Report: Dems Take County Control|Voice of San Diego|November 4, 2020|Voice of San Diego
Check with your local registrar or do a search online for “early voting locations” and add the name of your city or county.
Virginia voting guide: What to know about early voting, mail-in ballots|Antonio Olivo, Patricia Sullivan|October 28, 2020|Washington Post

Ahead of the presidential election, its registrar achieved quite a feat, registering 97% of the eligible population.
How a Texas county is handling record voting turnout during a pandemic|Annalisa Merelli|October 17, 2020|Quartz
Since then, the museum registrar has become borderline obsessive in devoting his time to stopping Landis.
Expert Art Forger is Exposed in Documentary|Justin Jones|April 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A letter from the dean of the Israeli yeshivah where he'd studied eventually satisfied the rabbinate registrar.
The Chief Rabbinate Proves Jews Would Be Better Off without It|Gershom Gorenberg|October 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
They were seen at the Chelsea Registrar Office this week, giving notice of their upcoming nuptials.
Christopher Bailey Is Getting Hitched; Ann Romney Snubbed Anna Wintour|The Daily Beast|August 31, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Every registrar who will nurse back to life this important and graceful industry will earn the gratitude of India.
Third class in Indian railways|Mahatma Gandhi
The complaint is not entered by the registrar as grief; but that it is.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 356, June, 1845|Various
A parish registrar must be a very important functionary in the estimation of these High Church devotees.
The Sheepfold and the Common, Vol. II (of 2)|Timothy East
He rose so high in the devil's favour, that he was appointed registrar and secretary of the conventions.
The Mysteries of All Nations|James Grant
Actuary, akt′ū-ar-i, n. a registrar or clerk: one who makes the calculations connected with an insurance office.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)|Various

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, noun

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Medical definitions for registrar

registrar

[ rĕj′ĭ-strär′, rĕj′ĭ-strär′ ]

An admitting officer in a hospital.

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