Definify.com
Webster 1913 Edition
Recorder
Re-cord′er
(r?-k?rd′?r)
, Noun.
1.
One who records; specifically, a person whose official duty it is to make a record of writings or transactions.
2.
The title of the chief judical officer of some cities and boroughs; also, of the chief justice of an East Indian settlement. The Recorder of London is judge of the Lord Mayor’s Court, and one of the commissioners of the Central Criminal Court.
3.
(Mus.)
A kind of wind instrument resembling the flageolet.
[Obs.]
“Flutes and soft recorders.” Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Recorder
RECORD'ER
, n.1.
A person whose official duty is to register writings or transactions; one who enrolls or records.2.
An officer of a city who is keeper of the rolls or records, or who is invested with judicial powers.3.
Formerly, a kind of flute, flageolet or wind instrument.The figures of recorders, flutes and pipes are straight; but the recorder hath a less bore and a greater above and below.