Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Recorder \Re*cord"er\ (r?*k?rd"?r), n.
   1. One who records; specifically, a person whose official
      duty it is to make a record of writings or transactions.

   2. The title of the chief judical officer of some cities and
      boroughs; also, of the chief justice of an East Indian
      settlement. The Recorder of London is judge of the Lord
      Mayor's Court, and one of the commissioners of the Central
      Criminal Court.

   3. (Mus.) A kind of wind instrument resembling the flageolet.
      [Obs.] ``Flutes and soft recorders.'' --Milton.

Source : WordNet®

recorder
     n 1: equipment for making records [syn: {recording equipment}, {recording
          machine}]
     2: someone responsible for keeping records [syn: {registrar}, {record-keeper}]
     3: a barrister or solicitor who serves as part-time judge in
        towns or boroughs
     4: a woodwind with a vertical pipe and 8 finger holes and a
        whistle mouthpiece [syn: {fipple flute}, {fipple pipe}, {vertical
        flute}]