Registrar Definition

rĕjĭ-strär, rĕjĭ-strär
registrars
noun
registrars
A person charged with keeping a register.
Webster's New World
One who is in charge of official records.
American Heritage
A college or university official responsible for registering students, maintaining their records, etc.
Webster's New World
A bank or trust company charged with keeping a record of the shares of a corporation and making certain that the number of shares issued does not exceed the number authorized.
Webster's New World
An officer of a corporation responsible for maintaining records of ownership of its securities.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Registrar

Noun

Singular:
registrar
Plural:
registrars

Origin of Registrar

  • Probably from registrary from Medieval Latin registrārius from registrum register register

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Medieval Latin registrarius, from registrum (“register") + -arius (“agent"). See more at register.

    From Wiktionary

Registrar Sentence Examples

  • He also acts as registrar of births, deaths and marriages, and officiates at civil marriages.

  • On the failure of the firm he obtained the office of registrar of St Andrew's parish, Newcastle, a post which he held until appointed secretary to the coal trade.

  • There is a registrar, as in the high court.

  • The principal officers of the court in subordination to the judge were the registrar (an office which always points to a connexion with canon or civil law), and the marshal, who acted as the maritime sheriff, having for his baton of office a silver oar.

  • Where written notice of the death, accompanied by a medical certificate of the cause of death, is sent to the registrar, information must nevertheless be given and the register signed within fourteen days after the death by the person giving the notice or some other person as required by the act.

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Words Starting With

RREREG

Words Ending With

RARRAR

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