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# registrar

«registrar» in Mova's school dictionary: **An official who keeps records, especially of births…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a registrar, registrars)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An official who keeps records, especially of births, marriages and deaths. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/registrar/#m1)

2) (school, university) The person in charge of student records and admissions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/registrar/#m2)

3) (UK, medicine) A hospital doctor in training to become a consultant (a senior specialist). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/registrar/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In citizenship lessons and adult life: in the UK, a baby's birth must be registered with the registrar, and couples can be married by a registrar at a register office instead of in church. In hospitals, «the registrar will see you» means a fairly senior doctor. Phrases: «register office», «the registrar of births, marriages and deaths».

### examples

- Mum and Dad took my baby sister's birth certificate from the registrar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/registrar/#x1)
- My aunt was married by a registrar at the town hall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/registrar/#x2)
- The university registrar keeps all the students' records. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/registrar/#x3)
- The registrar checked the names before the wedding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/registrar/#x4)
- A registrar came to look at Grandpa's X-ray. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/registrar/#x5)
- When someone dies, the family tells the registrar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/registrar/#x6)

### note

Countable noun; ends in «-ar» (not «-er»). Stress: REJ-is-trar or rej-is-TRAR. «Register office» (often called «registry office») is where the registrar works.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «registrar» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/registrar/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.