something that records
a person who keeps official records
(often Recorder) a magistrate formerly presiding over the court of quarter sessions
(often Recorder) a barrister or solicitor who sits as a circuit judge or a part-time judge in the crown court
a simple woodwind instrument consisting of a slightly tapering tube with usu eight finger holes and a fipple mouthpiece
recordership noun
[(sense 4) from record1 in an archaic sense ‘to practise a tune’]