Meanings
nounregistrar (plural registrars)
plural registrars
- An official keeper or recorder of records.
- An officer in a university who keeps enrollment and academic achievement records.
- museumsThe person responsible for record-keeping related to a museum's or archive's collection.
- lawThe chief executive officer of a judicial forum, in charge of the entire registry of the department.
- A doctor receiving advanced specialist training in some countries in order to become a consultant.
- InternetA service that manages the reservation of domain names.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From Medieval Latin registrārius, from registrum (“register”) + -ārius (“agent of use”). See more at register. By surface analysis, register /registry (“a record”) + -ar.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek γραμματεύς
- γραμματεύς (grammateús)official keeper of records
Bulgarian секретар, архивар
- секретар (sekretar)officer in a university who keeps enrollment and academic achievement records
- архивар (arhivar)official keeper of records
Chinese Mandarin 登記員 /登记员
- 登記員 /登记员 (dēngjìyuán)official keeper of records
Dutch griffier, trouwambtenaar
- griffierofficial keeper of records
- trouwambtenaarofficial keeper of records
Esperanto aktisto
- aktistoofficial keeper of records
Finnish rekisteri, rekisteriviranomainen
- rekisteriofficial keeper of records
- rekisteriviranomainenofficial keeper of records
- kirjaamoofficial keeper of records
French registrar, registraire
- registrarservice that manages domain names
- registraireofficial keeper of records
German Assistenzarzt, Registrator
- Assistenzarztdoctor receiving advanced specialist training
- Registratorofficial keeper of records
- Registrarofficial keeper of records
- Registerführerofficial keeper of records
Hungarian tanulmányi ügyintéző/előadó, hivatalvezető a tanulmányi osztályon
- tanulmányi ügyintéző/előadóofficer in a university who keeps enrollment and academic achievement records
- hivatalvezető a tanulmányi osztályonofficer in a university who keeps enrollment and academic achievement records
- nyilvántartóofficial keeper of records
- anyakönyvvezetőofficial keeper of records
Japanese 記録係
- 記録係 (kiroku-gakari)official keeper of records
Māori kairēhita
- kairēhitaofficial keeper of records
Romanian registrator, înregistrator
- registratorofficial keeper of records
- înregistratorofficial keeper of records
Russian архива́риус, регистра́тор
- архива́риус (arxivárius)official keeper of records
- регистра́тор (registrátor)official keeper of records
Spanish registrador
- registradorofficial keeper of records
Swedish underläkare
- underläkaredoctor receiving advanced specialist training
Tagalog tagatala
- tagatalaofficial keeper of records
Cite this entry
APA
registrar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/registrar
MLA
“registrar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/registrar. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “registrar,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/registrar.
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