registrar
Americannoun
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a person who keeps a record; an official recorder.
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an agent of a bank, trust company, or other corporation who is responsible for certifying and registering issues of securities.
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an official at a school or college who maintains students' personal and academic records, issues reports of grades, mails out official publications, etc.
noun
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a person who keeps official records
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an administrative official responsible for student records, enrolment procedure, etc, in a school, college, or university
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a hospital doctor senior to a houseman but junior to a consultant, specializing in either medicine ( medical registrar ) or surgery ( surgical registrar )
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the chief medical administrator of a large hospital
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a person employed by a company to maintain a register of its security issues
Other Word Forms
- registrarship noun
Etymology
Origin of registrar
1350–1400; alteration ( -ar 2 ) of earlier registrary < Medieval Latin registrārius ( register, -ary ); replacing earlier registrer, Middle English registrer < Anglo-French ( Old French registreur ) < Medieval Latin registrātor, equivalent to registrā ( re ) to register + -tor -tor
Example Sentences
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After getting the data, the county’s voter registrar, Celia Israel, said in an interview that she felt even more uncomfortable about moving forward with sending notices to voters, given SAVE’s errors.
From Salon
The domain registrar and web hosting company posted mixed results for the fourth quarter and issued a soft outlook.
From Barron's
ANL's lawyers have argued the story was "entirely legitimately" sourced from previously published reports, the local registrar's office and a statement from a surrogacy agency.
From BBC
A registrar confirmed the foetal heart rate was abnormal, but Eve was wrongly transferred to the labour ward, causing further delay before Sonny was delivered by emergency Caesarean at 02:03.
From BBC
On Jan. 31, Corning filed a complaint with the World Intellectual Property Organization against the registrar of the domain name corningresearch.com.
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