recorder meaning and definition

RECORDER noun

Definition of recorder (noun)

1. equipment for making records
   • synonyms: recording equipment, recording machine
2. someone responsible for keeping records
   • synonyms: record-keeper, registrar
3. a barrister or solicitor who serves as part-time judge in towns or boroughs
4. a tubular wind instrument with 8 finger holes and a fipple mouthpiece
   • synonyms: fipple flute, fipple pipe, vertical flute