Registrar
noun
A person who keeps official records, for example at a university or a court.
You need to contact the university registrar to get your transcript.

Often appears as...
- university registrar
- court registrar
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Formal
noun
A doctor who is training to become a consultant in the UK health system.
The surgical registrar will be performing the minor procedure.

Often appears as...
- surgical registrar
- medical registrar
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Formal
noun
A person in charge of the registration of domain names on the internet.
You need to contact your domain name registrar to renew your website URL.

Often appears as...
- domain registrar
- icann-accredited registrar
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Formal
Technical
noun
A public official who performs civil marriage ceremonies.
We booked the registrar for our civil wedding ceremony next month.

Often appears as...
- book the registrar
- marriage registrar
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Formal
noun
A person who keeps official records, for example at a university or a court.
You need to contact the university registrar to get your transcript.

Often appears as...
- university registrar
- court registrar
Usage tips
Formal
noun
A doctor who is training to become a consultant in the UK health system.
The surgical registrar will be performing the minor procedure.

Often appears as...
- surgical registrar
- medical registrar
Usage tips
Formal
noun
A person in charge of the registration of domain names on the internet.
You need to contact your domain name registrar to renew your website URL.

Often appears as...
- domain registrar
- icann-accredited registrar
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
noun
A public official who performs civil marriage ceremonies.
We booked the registrar for our civil wedding ceremony next month.

Often appears as...
- book the registrar
- marriage registrar
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 4

Official Records
A university registrar manages students' academic records, which are confidential and important documents.

I had to request my diploma from the registrar after graduation.
Legal Context
A court registrar handles legal documentation, such as court filings and judgments.

The court registrar filed the new case documents today.
Official Records
A university registrar manages students' academic records, which are confidential and important documents.

I had to request my diploma from the registrar after graduation.
Legal Context
A court registrar handles legal documentation, such as court filings and judgments.

The court registrar filed the new case documents today.
Official Records
A university registrar manages students' academic records, which are confidential and important documents.

I had to request my diploma from the registrar after graduation.
Legal Context
A court registrar handles legal documentation, such as court filings and judgments.

The court registrar filed the new case documents today.
Video examples
What is the world wide...
a hosting company to rent web space, or a registrar to reserve our web address. Like utility companies in a city, these companies provide crucial services, but in the end, not even they own the Web. But what really makes the Web so special lies in its very name. Prior to the Web, we used to consume most information
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Norman Spack: How I help...
who knew the whole story, a registrar who always listed his name on course lists as a male name, and came to me after graduating, saying, "Help me. I know you know a lot of endocrinology."
Video examples
What is the world wide...
a hosting company to rent web space, or a registrar to reserve our web address. Like utility companies in a city, these companies provide crucial services, but in the end, not even they own the Web. But what really makes the Web so special lies in its very name. Prior to the Web, we used to consume most information
Video examples
Norman Spack: How I help...
who knew the whole story, a registrar who always listed his name on course lists as a male name, and came to me after graduating, saying, "Help me. I know you know a lot of endocrinology."
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Dennis Skinner
British Politician
We dragged the National Health Service from the depths of degradation. I've got a United Nations heart bypass to prove it and it was done by a Syrian cardiologist, a Malaysian surgeon, a Dutch doctor and a Nigerian registrar.

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Naomi Alderman
English Novelist
If you hold strong convictions against gay marriage, you shouldn't apply for a job as a registrar.

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Dennis Skinner
British Politician
We dragged the National Health Service from the depths of degradation. I've got a United Nations heart bypass to prove it and it was done by a Syrian cardiologist, a Malaysian surgeon, a Dutch doctor and a Nigerian registrar.

Quote examples
Naomi Alderman
English Novelist
If you hold strong convictions against gay marriage, you shouldn't apply for a job as a registrar.

Example 1 of 2
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