registrar

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: reg=is=trar

CIDE DICTIONARY

registrar, n. [LL. registrarius, or F. régistraire. See Register.].

 One who registers; a recorder; a keeper of records; as, a registrar of births, deaths, and marriages. See Register, n., 3.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

registrar, n.
1 an official responsible for keeping a register or official records.
2 the chief administrative officer in a university.
3 a middle-ranking hospital doctor undergoing training as a specialist.
4 (in the UK) the judicial and administrative officer of the High Court etc.

Idiom

Registrar General a government official responsible for holding a population census.

Derivative

registrarship n.

Etymology

med.L registrarius f. registrum REGISTER

THESAURUS

registrar

CA, CPA, accountant, accountant general, actuary, amanuensis, archivist, auditor, bank accountant, bank examiner, bookkeeper, calculator, certified public accountant, chartered accountant, clerk, comptroller, controller, cost accountant, cost keeper, documentalist, engraver, filing clerk, journalizer, librarian, marker, notary, notary public, prothonotary, reckoner, record clerk, recorder, recordist, register, scorekeeper, scorer, scribe, scrivener, secretary, stenographer, stonecutter, timekeeper

ROGET THESAURUS

registrar

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.