| English noun: recorder | 
| 1. | recorder (artifact) equipment for making records | 
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 | Synonyms | recording equipment, recording machine | 
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 | Broader (hypernym) | equipment | 
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 | Narrower (hyponym) | black box, cassette recorder, CD burner, compact-disk burner, magnetic recorder, multichannel recorder, oscillograph | 
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 | Part holonym | playback | 
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| 2. | recorder (person) someone responsible for keeping records | 
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 | Synonyms | record-keeper, registrar | 
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 | Broader (hypernym) | functionary, official | 
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 | Narrower (hyponym) | rapporteur | 
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| 3. | recorder (person) a barrister or solicitor who serves as part-time judge in towns or boroughs | 
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 | Broader (hypernym) | judge, jurist, justice | 
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 | Domain region | Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 
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| 4. | recorder (artifact) a tubular wind instrument with 8 finger holes and a fipple mouthpiece | 
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 | Synonyms | fipple flute, fipple pipe, vertical flute | 
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 | Broader (hypernym) | pipe | 
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 | Narrower (hyponym) | flageolet, pennywhistle, shepherd's pipe, tin whistle, treble recorder, whistle | 
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