prothonotary

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: pro=thon=o=tar=y

CIDE DICTIONARY

prothonotary, n. [LL. protonotarius, fr. Gr. prw^tos first + L. notarius a shorthand writer, a scribe: cf. F. protonotaire.].

•  A chief notary or clerk.  Herrick.  [1913 Webster]
•  Formerly, a chief clerk in the Court of King's Bench and in the Court of Common Pleas, now superseded by the master.  Wharton. Burrill.  [1913 Webster]
•  A register or chief clerk of a court in certain States of the United States.  [1913 Webster]
•  Formerly, one who had the charge of writing the acts of the martyrs, and the circumstances of their death; now, one of twelve persons, constituting a college in the Roman Curia, whose office is to register pontifical acts and to make and preserve the official record of beatifications.  [1913 Webster]
•  The chief secretary of the patriarch of Constantinople.  [1913 Webster]

Prothonotary warbler (Zoöl.), a small American warbler (Protonotaria citrea). The general color is golden yellow, the back is olivaceous, the rump and tail are ash-color, several outer tail feathers are partly white.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

prothonotary, var. of PROTONOTARY.

ROGET THESAURUS

prothonotary

Recorder

N recorder, notary, clerk, registrar, registrary, register, prothonotary, amanuensis, secretary, scribe, babu, remembrancer, bookkeeper, custos rotulorum, Master of the Rolls, annalist, historian, historiographer, chronicler, journalist, biographer, antiquary, memorialist, interviewer.