Definitions for recorder
rɪˈkɔr dərrecorder

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. recorder, recording equipment, recording machinenoun

   equipment for making records

2. registrar, record-keeper, recordernoun

   someone responsible for keeping records

3. recordernoun

   a barrister or solicitor who serves as part-time judge in towns or boroughs

4. fipple flute, fipple pipe, recorder, vertical flutenoun

   a tubular wind instrument with 8 finger holes and a fipple mouthpiece

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Recordernoun

   Etymology: from record.

   1. One whose business is to register any events.

   I but your recorder am in this,
   Or mouth and speaker of the universe,
   A ministerial notary; for ’tis
   Not I, but you and fame that make the verse. John Donne.

   2. The keeper of the rolls in a city.

   I ask’d, what meant this wilful silence?
   His answer was, the people were not us’d
   To be spoke to except by the recorder. William Shakespeare, Rich. III.

   The office of recorder to this city being vacant, five or six persons are solliciting to succeed him. Jonathan Swift.

   3. A kind of flute; a wind instrument.

   The shepherds went among them, and sang an eclogue, while the other shepherds, pulling out recorders, which possest the place of pipes, accorded their musick to the others voice. Philip Sidney, b. ii.

   In a recorder, the three uppermost holes yield one tone, which is a note lower than the tone of the first three. Francis Bacon.

   The figures of recorders, and flutes and pipes are straight; but the recorder hath a less bore and a greater above and below. Francis Bacon, Natural History.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. recorder

   A recorder can generally be defined as a device or tool that captures information or data, such as audio, video, or measurements, and stores it for later retrieval and analysis. It can include a wide range of items, from a handheld audio recording device to a device that records data in scientific experiments. Also, a recorder can refer to a type of simple woodwind musical instrument.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Recordernoun

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

2. Recordernoun

   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. Recordernoun

   a kind of wind instrument resembling the flageolet

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. recorder

   The recorder is a woodwind musical instrument of the family known as fipple flutes or internal duct flutes—whistle-like instruments which include the tin whistle. The recorder is end-blown and the mouth of the instrument is constricted by a wooden plug, known as a block or fipple. It is distinguished from other members of the family by having holes for seven fingers and one for the thumb of the uppermost hand. The bore of the recorder is tapered slightly, being widest at the mouthpiece end and narrowest towards the foot on Baroque recorders, or flared almost like a trumpet at the bottom on Renaissance instruments. Recorders can be made out of wood, plastic or ivory. The recorder was popular in medieval times through the baroque era, but declined in the 18th century in favour of orchestral woodwind instruments, such as the flute, oboe, and clarinet. During its heyday, the recorder was traditionally associated with pastoral scenes, miraculous events, funerals, marriages and amorous scenes. Images of recorders can be found in literature and artwork associated with all of these. Purcell, Bach, Telemann and Vivaldi used the recorder to suggest shepherds and imitate birds in their music, a theme that continued in 20th-century music.

The Nuttall EncyclopediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Recorder

   an English law official, the chief Judicial officer of a city or borough; discharges the functions of judge at the Quarter-Sessions of his district; must be a barrister of at least five years' standing; is appointed by the Crown, but paid by the local authority; is debarred from sitting on the licensing bench, but is not withheld from practising at the bar; the sheriff in Scotland is a similar official.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. recorder

   One who keeps a record; specifically, the officer who registers the proceedings of a board or minor court.

Matched Categories

1. • Judge
   • Pipe

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'recorder' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3178

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'recorder' in Nouns Frequency: #2667

How to pronounce recorder?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say recorder in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of recorder in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of recorder in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of recorder in a Sentence

1. The Prince:

   The special, stripped-down demo recording captures a 20-year-old Prince in a raw, intimate moment, and begins with the sound of the artist pressing the record button on a cassette tape recorder and picking up the acoustic guitar.

2. Jerome Corsi:

   I'm going to tell the truth, to the best of my ability. Even that's hard, given the amount of information and the fact that I have said from the beginning I'm not a human tape recorder. You can't push a button, and I can't recall precisely, in detail, granularly, conversations, emails, events from 2016, but I'm going to do my best to tell the truth, without calculation of whom it benefits or whom it detracts.

3. Maricopa County:

   With the backup equipment and the other certified tabulation equipment not subpoenaed, the Board of Supervisors, Elections Department and Recorder's Office are working with our current vendor to replace the subpoenaed equipment so we will be able to serve voters for the November 2021 election.

4. Jena Griswold:

   I think this is troubling for the entire state of Colorado, to have someone in a trusted position, literally trusted to protect democracy, allow this type of situation to occur, to be very clear, Mesa County Clerk and Recorder allowed a security breach and, by all evidence at this point, assisted it.

5. The FAA:

   The cockpit voice recorder( CVR) and flight data recorder( FDR) information have been downloaded from the units and are in possession of the Ethiopian authorities.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=recorder
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=recorder
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recorder
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=recorder
6. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Recorder
7. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html