videotape recorder

noun

: a device for recording and playing back videotapes

called also video recorder

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Watching the brutal beating unfold was George Holliday, who had just bought a new videotape recorder. — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026

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1953, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of videotape recorder was in 1953

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“Videotape recorder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/videotape%20recorder. Accessed 12 Aug. 2026.

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videotape recorder

noun
: a device for recording on videotape

called also video recorder

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