RECORDER. 1. A judicial officer of some cities, possessing generally the powers and authority of a judge. 3 Yeates' R. 300; 4 Dall. Rep. 299; but see 1 Rep. Const. Ct. 45. Anciently, recorder signified to recite or testify on re-collection as occasion might require what had previously passed in court, and this was the duty of the judges, thence called recordeurs. Steph. Plead.

1. 2. An officer appointed to make record or enrollment of deeds and other legal instruments, authorized by law to be recorded.

Source: Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
 

Recorder \Re*cord"er\ (r?*k?rd"?r), n.

1. One who records; specifically, a person whose official duty it is to make a record of writings or transactions. [1913 Webster]

2. The title of the chief judical officer of some cities and boroughs; also, of the chief justice of an East Indian settlement. The Recorder of London is judge of the Lord Mayor's Court, and one of the commissioners of the Central Criminal Court. [1913 Webster]

3. (Mus.) A kind of wind instrument resembling the flageolet. [Obs.]

"Flutes and soft recorders." --Milton. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

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Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

recorder

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Recorder \Re*cord"er\ (r?*k?rd"?r), n.

1. One who records; specifically, a person whose official duty it is to make a record of writings or transactions.

2. The title of the chief judical officer of some cities and boroughs; also, of the chief justice of an East Indian settlement. The Recorder of London is judge of the Lord Mayor's Court, and one of the commissioners of the Central Criminal Court.

3. (Mus.) A kind of wind instrument resembling the flageolet. [Obs.]

``Flutes and soft recorders.'' --Milton.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)