recorder

Meanings

Noun

equipment for making records
someone responsible for keeping records
a barrister or solicitor who serves as part-time judge in towns or boroughs
a tubular wind instrument with 8 finger holes and a fipple mouthpiece
An apparatus for recording; a device which records.
Agent noun of record; one who records.
A judge in a municipal court.
A musical instrument of the woodwind family; a type of fipple flute, a simple internal duct flute.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English recordour, borrowed from Old French recordour, from Old French recordeor, from Medieval Latin recordātor, from Latin recordor (“call to mind, remember, recollect”), from re- (“back, again”) + cor (“heart; mind”). By surface analysis, record + -er.

Synonyms

English flute, fipple flute, fipple pipe, record-keeper, recording equipment, recording machine, registrar, sweet flute, vertical flute

Scrabble Score: 11

recorder is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
recorder is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
recorder is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

recorder is a valid Words With Friends word