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Recorder
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- 1 An apparatus for recording; a device which records.
"Between 8 and 9 p.m., the recorder at a meteorological station at Harrow, Middlesex, picked up 1,470 lightning flashes within a radius of 10 to 15 miles, and observers at the station described the storm as "probably one of the most spectacular of the century.""
- 2 A musical instrument of the woodwind family; a type of fipple flute, a simple internal duct flute.
"Recorders are made in various sizes, from the high soprano or descant recorder to the low bass recorder."
- 3 a tubular wind instrument with 8 finger holes and a fipple mouthpiece wordnet
- 4 Agent noun of record; one who records. agent, form-of
- 5 equipment for making records wordnet
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- 6 A judge in a municipal court.
- 7 a barrister or solicitor who serves as part-time judge in towns or boroughs wordnet
- 8 someone responsible for keeping records wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English recordour, borrowed from Old French recordour, from Old French recordeor, from Medieval Latin recordātor, from Latin recordor (“call to mind, remember, recollect”), from re- (“back, again”) + cor (“heart; mind”). By surface analysis, record + -er.
From Middle English recorder, from record (“to practice (music)”); ultimately cognate with Etymology 1.
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