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| re·cord·er [ ri káwrdər ] (plural re·cord·ers) |
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1. machine for recording: a machine that makes a permanent copy of sounds or pictures, e.g. a tape recorder or a videotape recorder
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2. somebody noting something: somebody who records something, especially official proceedings
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3. musical instrument: a wind instrument of the flute family that has finger holes and is blown through a whistle-shaped mouthpiece at one end
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| [15th century. Partly < Anglo-Norman recordour, Old French recordeur "person who records" < recorder (see record); partly <record] |