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
Examples of registrar in a Sentence
got a copy of his transcript from the school's registrar
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Representatives of the registrar of voters office did not respond to the La Jolla Light’s request for comment.
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Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2025
The county filed the complaint last month with the World Intellectual Property Organization Arbitration and Mediation Center against Pope and the registrar, NameCheap Inc., of Phoenix.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2025
Stopping the count — that is, pausing the vote-processing machines — to post results online more frequently would disrupt an extensive tallying process, said Tim Dupuis, the county registrar of voters, in an interview.
—Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2025
Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas has apologized for making a reference to Nazi Germany’s SS in denouncing President Donald J. Trump’s executive order on ballot access to a bipartisan audience of registrars of voters.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 16 Apr. 2025
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Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2025
The county filed the complaint last month with the World Intellectual Property Organization Arbitration and Mediation Center against Pope and the registrar, NameCheap Inc., of Phoenix.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2025
Stopping the count — that is, pausing the vote-processing machines — to post results online more frequently would disrupt an extensive tallying process, said Tim Dupuis, the county registrar of voters, in an interview.
—Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2025
Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas has apologized for making a reference to Nazi Germany’s SS in denouncing President Donald J. Trump’s executive order on ballot access to a bipartisan audience of registrars of voters.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 16 Apr. 2025
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“Registrar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/registrar. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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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
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