registrar
noun/ˌredʒɪˈstrɑː(r)/
/ˈredʒɪstrɑːr/
- a person whose job is to keep official records, especially of births, marriages and deathsTopics Jobsc2
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- the senior officer who organizes the affairs of a college or universityTopics Educationc2
- a doctor working in a British hospital who is training to become a specialist in a particular area of medicine
- a paediatric registrar
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from medieval Latin registrarius, from registrum, alteration of regestum, singular of late Latin regesta ‘things recorded’, from regerere ‘enter, record’.
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