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registrar

Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪsˌtɹɑɹ/

The English word “registrar” has 5 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. An officer in a university who keeps enrollment and academic achievement records.
  2. The person responsible for record-keeping related to a museum's or archive's collection.
  3. The chief executive officer of a judicial forum, in charge of the entire registry of the department.
  4. A doctor receiving advanced specialist training in some countries in order to become a consultant.
  5. A service that manages the reservation of domain names.

Etymology

From Medieval Latin registrārius, from registrum (“register”) + -ārius (“agent of use”). See more at register. By surface analysis, register /registry (“a record”) + -ar.

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