n.
    - an apparatus for recording sound, pictures, or data.
 - a person who keeps records.
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(Recorder)
 (in England and Wales) a barrister appointed to serve as a part-time judge. 
▸Brit. historical a judge in certain courts.
 - a simple woodwind instrument without keys, played by blowing air through a shaped mouthpiece.
 
 
  Derivative
  
  Etymology
  ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. recordour, from OFr. recorder ‘bring to remembrance’; partly reinforced by the verb record (also used in the obs. sense ‘practise a tune’).