recorder
[ ri-kawr-der ]
/ rɪˈkɔr dər /
noun
a person who records, especially as an official duty.
English Law.
- a judge in a city or borough court.
- (formerly) the legal adviser of a city or borough, with responsibility for keeping a record of legal actions and local customs.
a recording or registering apparatus or device.
a device for recording sound, images, or data by electrical, magnetic, or optical means.
an end-blown flute having a fipple mouthpiece, eight finger holes, and a soft, mellow tone.
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British Dictionary definitions for recorder
recorder
/ (rɪˈkɔːdə) /
noun
a person who records, such as an official or historian
something that records, esp an apparatus that provides a permanent record of experiments, etc
short for tape recorder
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
(in England) a barrister or solicitor of at least ten years' standing appointed to sit as a part-time judge in the crown court
Derived forms of recorder
recordership, nounWord Origin for recorder
sense 4 probably from
record (
vb) in the archaic sense "to sing"
Cultural definitions for recorder
recorder
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.