Recorder (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a person who records, especially as an official duty.
  2. 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.
  3. a recording or registering apparatus or device.
  4. a device for recording sound, images, or data by electrical, magnetic, or optical means.
  5. an end-blown flute having a fipple mouthpiece, eight finger holes, and a soft, mellow tone.
noun
  1. a person who records, such as an official or historian
  2. something that records, esp an apparatus that provides a permanent record of experiments, etc
  3. short for tape recorder
  4. 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
  5. (in England) a barrister or solicitor of at least ten years' standing appointed to sit as a part-time judge in the crown court
Recorder (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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