a person who records, such as an official or historian
2.
a thing that records, esp an apparatus that provides a permanent record of experiments, etc
3. short for tape recorder
4. music
a wind instrument of the flute family, blown through a fipple in the mouth end, having a reedlike quality of tone. There are four usual sizes: bass, tenor, treble, and descant
5.
(in England and Wales) a barrister or solicitor of at least ten years' standing appointed to sit as a part-time judge in the crown court
Derived forms
recordership (reˈcorderˌship)
noun
Word origin
sense 4 probably from record (vb) in the archaic sense "to sing"