In Britain, a registrar is a person whose job is to keep official records, especially of births, marriages, and deaths.
2. countable noun
A registrar is a senior administrative official in a British college or university.
registrar in British English
(ˌrɛdʒɪˈstrɑː, ˈrɛdʒɪˌstrɑː)
noun
1.
a person who keeps official records
2.
an administrative official responsible for student records, enrolment procedure, etc, in a school, college, or university
3. British and New Zealand
a hospital doctor senior to a houseman but junior to a consultant, specializing in either medicine (medical registrar) or surgery (surgical registrar)
4. Australian
the chief medical administrator of a large hospital
5. mainly US
a person employed by a company to maintain a register of its security issues
Derived forms
registrarship (ˈregistrarship)
noun
registrar in American English
(ˈrɛdʒɪˌstrɑr)
noun
1.
a.
a person charged with keeping a register
b. US
a college or university official responsible for registering students, maintainingtheir records, etc.
2.
a bank or trust company charged with keeping a record of the shares of a corporation and making certain that the number of shares issued does not exceed the number authorized
Word origin
ME registrer < ML registrarius
Examples of 'registrar' in a sentence
registrar
Two days later they were present at Caroline's marriage to Sir Bruce Abbott at the St Marylebone registrar 's office.
Gaskin, Catherine THE AMBASSADOR'S WOMEN (2002)
`Mr Stevens's firm recently required the services of a locum surgical registrar; one duly appeared.
Pritchard, John NIGHT SISTERS (2002)
A quick visit to the registrar 's office revealed that Ryan Gordon was study hall monitor this time of day.
Karin Slaughter BLINDSIGHTED (2002)
Word lists with
registrar
Medical practitioners and specialists
Chinese translation of 'registrar'
registrar
(ˈrɛdʒɪstrɑːʳ)
n(c)
(in registry office) 登记(記)员(員) (dēngjìyuán) (个(個), gè)
(Brit, in hospital) 专(專)科住院医(醫)师(師) (zhuānkē zhùyuàn yīshī) (位, wèi)