Definition of recorder
1a : the chief judicial magistrate of some British cities and boroughsb : a municipal judge with criminal jurisdiction of first instance and sometimes limited civil jurisdiction
2 : one that records
3 : any of a group of wind instruments ranging from soprano to bass that are characterized by a conical tube, a whistle mouthpiece, and eight finger holes
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Nieto is 12 chapters into his own story of recovery, talking into the recorder every day.
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Last Thursday, the NTSB released more than 500 pages of information relating to the ongoing investigation, which included transcripts of passenger and crew interviews and the cockpit voice recorder and a video of the emergency evacuation.
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The Catherine Street Consort will also play period music and country dance tunes using a full family of recorders, along with guitar and percussion.
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When Henry mentioned a state law pertaining to that, his sentence was cut off and one investigator insisted the recorder be turned off.
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The intimate Sunday concert at the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption in Covington would have benefited from a brief introduction to the recorders and viols that played in J.S. Bach’s Cantata No.
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The NTSB report disclosed that the Tesla Model S uses a proprietary system to record a vehicle's speed and other data, which authorities cannot access with the commercial tools used to access information from event data recorders in most other cars.
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The NTSB report disclosed that the Tesla Model S uses a proprietary system to record a vehicle's speed and other data, which authorities cannot access with the commercial tools used to access information from event data recorders in most other cars.
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The clerk also calculates property tax rates and runs suburban elections, while the recorder collects real estate transfer taxes.
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First Known Use of recorder
15th century
RECORDER Defined for English Language Learners
recorder
playDefinition of recorder for English Language Learners
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: a device that records sounds or images or both so that they can be heard or seen again
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: a musical instrument that is shaped like a tube with holes and that is played by blowing into the top of the tube
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: a judge in some courts of law
RECORDER Defined for Kids
recorder
playDefinition of recorder for Students
1 : a person or device that records a digital video recorder
2 : a musical instrument like a long hollow whistle with eight holes for the fingers
Law Dictionary
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Legal Definition of recorder
1 : a judge of a municipal court
2 : a public officer charged with making a record of writings or transactions (as conveyances) a recorder of deeds
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