recorder

 
Pronunciation: /rɪˈkɔːdə/

noun

  • 1an apparatus for recording sound, pictures, or data: I was talking away into my recorder a cockpit voice recorder
  • 2a person who keeps records: a recorder of rural life
  • 3 (Recorder) (in England and Wales) a barrister appointed to serve as a part-time judge.
  • British historical a judge in certain courts.
  • 4a simple wind instrument without keys, held vertically and played by blowing air through a shaped mouthpiece against a sharp edge.

Derivatives

recordership

noun
recorder (sense 3)

Origin:

late Middle English (denoting a kind of judge): from Anglo-Norman French recordour, from Old French recorder 'bring to remembrance'; partly reinforced by the verb record (also used in the obsolete sense 'practise a tune': see recorder (sense 4))