registrar

[rej-uh-strahr, rej-uh-strahr]

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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

Related formsreg·is·trar·ship, noun

Can be confusedregister registrar

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Historical Examples of registrar

Did she tell you she had the joyful sanction of the registrar?
Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus
Jessie Graham Flower
What was said in the registrar's office, Emma, or aren't you at liberty to tell me?
Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus
Jessie Graham Flower
We would never have dreamed of defying the registrar, would we, Emma?
Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus
Jessie Graham Flower
It is rather too late in the day for you to see the registrar.
Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus
Jessie Graham Flower
A marriage in a church is a lot prettier than one in a Registrar's office!
Changing Winds
St. John G. Ervine

British Dictionary definitions for registrar

registrar

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 Formsregistrarship, noun

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Word Origin and History for registrar

1670s, shortening of registrary (1540s), from Medieval Latin registrarius "one who keeps a record" (related to register (n.)). Earlier were registerer (mid-15c.), registrer (late 14c.).

Medicine definitions for registrar

registrar

[rĕj′ĭ-strär′, rĕj′ĭ-strär′]

n.

An admitting officer in a hospital.