Hypertext Webster Gateway: "recorder"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Recorder
(Heb. mazkir, i.e., "the mentioner," "rememberancer"), the
office first held by Jehoshaphat in the court of David (2 Sam.
8:16), also in the court of Solomon (1 Kings 4:3). The next
recorder mentioned is Joah, in the reign of Hezekiah (2 Kings
18:18, 37; Isa. 36:3, 22). In the reign of Josiah another of the
name of Joah filled this office (2 Chr. 34:8). The "recorder"
was the chancellor or vizier of the kingdom. He brought all
weighty matters under the notice of the king, "such as
complaints, petitions, and wishes of subjects or foreigners. He
also drew up papers for the king's guidance, and prepared drafts
of the royal will for the scribes. All treaties came under his
oversight; and he had the care of the national archives or
records, to which, as royal historiographer, like the same state
officer in Assyria and Egypt, he added the current annals of the
kingdom."
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Recorder \Re*cord"er\ (r?*k?rd"?r), n.
1. One who records; specifically, a person whose official
duty it is to make a record of writings or transactions.
2. 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. (Mus.) A kind of wind instrument resembling the flageolet.
[Obs.] ``Flutes and soft recorders.'' --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
recorder
n 1: equipment for making records [syn: {recording equipment}, {recording
machine}]
2: someone responsible for keeping records [syn: {registrar}, {record-keeper}]
3: (British) a barrister or solicitor who serves as part-time
judge in towns or boroughs
4: a woodwind with a vertical pipe and 8 finger holes and a
whistle mouthpiece [syn: {fipple flute}, {fipple pipe}, {vertical
flute}]
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