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  remembrancer

  noun

  a person who reminds another of something.
• Remembrancer
  Remembrancer

  noun

  any 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

1. a person who reminds another of something.

2. a person engaged to do this.

3. a reminder; memento; souvenir.

4. Usually Remembrancer

   1. King's Remembrancer.

   2. (formerly) any of certain officials of the Court of Exchequer.

5. an officer of the corporation of the City of London.

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Remembrancer ¹ British  

/ rɪˈmɛmbrənsə /

noun

1. any of several officials of the Exchequer esp one ( Queen's or King's Remembrancer ) whose duties include collecting debts due to the Crown

2. an official ( City Remembrancer ) appointed by the Corporation of the City of London to represent its interests to Parliament and elsewhere

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remembrancer ² British  

/ rɪˈmɛmbrənsə /

noun

1. archaic a reminder, memento, or keepsake

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Etymology

Origin of remembrancer

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English, from Anglo-French; see remembrance, -er ²

Example Sentences

I had originally made the book as sort of a personal remembrancer and as a gift for the cast and crew after our final year of shooting.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

Yes, you are my daughter, my child, ever most dear to me, though the evidence and continual remembrancer of my crime.'

From A Description of Millenium Hall And the Country Adjacent Together with the Characters of the Inhabitants and Such Historical Anecdotes and Reflections As May Excite in the Reader Proper Sentiments of Humanity, and Lead the Mind to the Love of Virtue by Scott, Sarah

It must be sent to the Vice-Court of Admiralty at Jamaica as a memento of the fact, and a remembrancer to all Yankee captains who are inclined to be dishonest.”

From A Sailor of King George by Bevan, A. Beckford

In doing so, my left spur touched Masaniello in the flank, a remembrancer which he acknowledged with so violent a caper, that I was very nearly pitched from the saddle.

From Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 by Various

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