registrar

noun

reg·​is·​trar ˈre-jə-ˌsträr 

: an official recorder or keeper of records: such 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 sense 3

Synonyms

• clerk
• register
• scribe
• secretary

Examples of registrar in a Sentence

got a copy of his transcript from the school's registrar

Recent Examples on the Web

There are more than 400 places to vote in Los Angeles County; a list of the voting centers and a map of the drop boxes are on the registrar’s website. —Faith E. Pinho, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024

Moody said Tuesday that the overlap between the current voter registrars' efforts and CGS’ would waste taxpayer dollars and strain the county’s elections office, which likely would have to weed out duplicate voter applications. —Brooke Park, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Sep. 2024

Today, the company is the world’s largest domain registrar, with over 85 million domains registered, and more than 20 million customers across the globe. —Tharin Pillay, TIME, 1 Sep. 2024

This will cause your hosting provider and domain registrar to block your account and domain permanently. —Alex Vakulov, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024

Word History

Etymology

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

First Known Use

1571, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

registrar

noun

reg·​is·​trar ˈrej-ə-ˌsträr 

: an official who records or keeps records

Medical Definition

registrar

noun

reg·​is·​trar ˈrej-ə-ˌsträr 

1

: an admitting officer at a hospital

2

British : resident

Legal Definition

registrar

noun

reg·​is·​trar ˈre-jə-ˌsträr 

: an official recorder or keeper of records