recorder

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun equipment for making records
  2. noun someone responsible for keeping records
  3. noun a barrister or solicitor who serves as part-time judge in towns or boroughs

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.

In classic literature

Synonyms

recording equipment, recording machine

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