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registrar

noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪsˌtɹɑɹ/
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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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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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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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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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Meaning 5

A service that manages the reservation of domain names.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet

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Meaning 6

someone responsible for keeping records

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: record-keeper, recorder

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: official, functionary

Narrower terms: rapporteur

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Meaning 7

the administrator responsible for student records

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: academic administrator

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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
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