noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪsˌtɹɑɹ/
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1
noun
Meaning 1
An official keeper or recorder of records.
An officer in a university who keeps enrollment and academic achievement records.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 2
An official keeper or recorder of records.
The person responsible for record-keeping related to a museum's or archive's collection.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: museums
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3
noun
Meaning 3
An official keeper or recorder of records.
The chief executive officer of a judicial forum, in charge of the entire registry of the department.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
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4
noun
Meaning 4
A doctor receiving advanced specialist training in some countries in order to become a consultant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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5
noun
Meaning 5
A service that manages the reservation of domain names.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet
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6
noun
Meaning 6
someone responsible for keeping records
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: record-keeper, recorder
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: official, functionary
Narrower terms: rapporteur
7
noun
Meaning 7
the administrator responsible for student records
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: academic administrator
8
noun
Meaning 8
a person employed to keep a record of the owners of stocks and bonds issued by the company
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: employee
History
Etymology
From Medieval Latin registrārius, from registrum (“register”) + -ārius (“agent of use”). See more at register. By surface analysis, register /registry (“a record”) + -ar.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
архивар
(arhivar)
— official keeper of records
Chinese Mandarin:
登記員 /登记员
(dēngjìyuán)
— official keeper of records
Dutch:
griffier
— official keeper of records
Dutch:
trouwambtenaar
— official keeper of records
Esperanto:
aktisto
— official keeper of records
Finnish:
rekisteri
— official keeper of records
Finnish:
rekisteriviranomainen
— official keeper of records
Finnish:
kirjaamo
— official keeper of records
French:
registraire
— official keeper of records
Galician:
escribán
— official keeper of records
Galician:
rexistrador
— official keeper of records
German:
Registrator
— official keeper of records
German:
Registrar
— official keeper of records
German:
Registerführer
— official keeper of records
Ancient Greek:
γραμματεύς
(grammateús)
— official keeper of records
Hungarian:
nyilvántartó
— official keeper of records
Hungarian:
anyakönyvvezető
— official keeper of records
Japanese:
記録係
(kiroku-gakari)
— official keeper of records
Macedonian:
архи́вар
(arhívar)
— official keeper of records
Macedonian:
регистра́тор
(registrátor)
— official keeper of records
Macedonian:
ма́тичар
(mátičar)
— official keeper of records
Māori:
kairēhita
— official keeper of records
Romanian:
registrator
— official keeper of records
Romanian:
înregistrator
— official keeper of records
Russian:
архива́риус
(arxivárius)
— official keeper of records
Russian:
регистра́тор
(registrátor)
— official keeper of records
Spanish:
registrador
— official keeper of records
Tagalog:
tagatala
— official keeper of records
Bulgarian:
секретар
(sekretar)
— officer in a university who keeps enrollment and academic achievement records
Hungarian:
tanulmányi ügyintéző/előadó
— officer in a university who keeps enrollment and academic achievement records
Hungarian:
hivatalvezető a tanulmányi osztályon
— officer in a university who keeps enrollment and academic achievement records
Macedonian:
секрета́р
(sekretár)
— officer in a university who keeps enrollment and academic achievement records
German:
Assistenzarzt
— doctor receiving advanced specialist training
Swedish:
underläkare
— doctor receiving advanced specialist training
French:
registrar
— service that manages domain names