recorder

noun

1. a person who records; esp., an officer appointed or elected to keep records of deeds or other official papers
2. in some cities, a judge who has the same criminal jurisdiction as a police judge
3. a machine or device that records; esp., tape recorder

4. Origin: ME < recorden, to sing, warble: see record

   any of a group of wind instruments, with eight finger holes and a fipple in a straight tube with the mouthpiece at one end

Origin: ME < Anglo-Fr recordour