1. Equipment for making records
   "They used a tape recorder to capture the interview";
   - recording equipment, recording machine
    
2. A tubular wind instrument with 8 finger holes and a fipple mouthpiece
   "The musician played a haunting melody on his recorder";
   - fipple flute, fipple pipe, vertical flute
    
3. Someone responsible for keeping records
   "The meticulous recorder ensured all transactions were properly documented";
   - registrar, record-keeper
    
4. [Brit] A barrister or solicitor who serves as part-time judge in towns or boroughs
   "The recorder presided over the local court proceedings"

Derived forms: recorders

Type of: equipment, functionary, judge, jurist, justice, official, pipe

Encyclopedia: Recorder