Registrar
['redʒɪstrɑː;,redʒɪ'strɑː] or [,rɛdʒɪ'strɑr]
Definition
(noun.) someone responsible for keeping records.
(noun.) the administrator responsible for student records.
(noun.) a person employed to keep a record of the owners of stocks and bonds issued by the company.
Typist: Waldo--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who registers; a recorder; a keeper of records; as, a registrar of births, deaths, and marriages. See Register, n., 3.
Typist: Perry
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Keeper of a record, register.
Editor: Xenia
Examples
- Within the exchange the face could easily be seen high up on the west wall of the room, and the machine was operated by Mr. Mersereau, the official registrar of the Gold Board. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- THE NARRATIVE OF THE DOCTOR To the Registrar of the Sub-District in which the undermentioned death took place. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The meek man was afraid we must take it as proved, because there were the Inquests and the Registrar's returns. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The general operation was simple, and in normally active times the mechanism and the registrar were equal to all emergencies. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Everything is all right--we shall go to the registrar's office-' There was a second's hush in the room, after Ursula's blithe vagueness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Edited by Kitty