registrar

reg·is·trar

noun \ˈre-jə-ˌsträr\

Definition of REGISTRAR

: an official recorder or keeper of records: as a : an officer of an educational institution responsible for registering students, keeping academic records, and corresponding with applicants and evaluating their credentials b : an admitting officer at a hospital c chiefly British : resident 3

Examples of REGISTRAR

1. <got a copy of his transcript from the school's registrar>

Origin of REGISTRAR

alteration of Middle English registrer, from registren to register, from Anglo-French registrer, from Medieval Latin registrare, from registrum

First Known Use: 1675

Related to REGISTRAR

Synonyms: register, clerk, scribe, secretary

Related Words: archivist, bookkeeper, recorder, reporter, transcriptionist; annalist, chronicler, documenter, historian

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