REMEMBRANCER

Etymology

Noun

remembrancer (plural remembrancers)

A person who reminds someone.

A memento or souvenir.

A recorder, or municipal judge.

An officer of exchequer.

Noun

Remembrancer (plural Remembrancers)

(British) Any of several former officials in the Court of Exchequer.

(British) A similar official of the Corporation of the City of London.

Source: Wiktionary


Re*mem"bran*cer (-bran-sr), n.

1. One who, or that which, serves to bring to, or keep in, mind; a memento; a memorial; a reminder. Premature consiolation is but the remembrancer of sorrow. Goldsmith. Ye that are the lord's remembrancers. Isa. lxii. 6. (Rev. Ver. ).

2. A term applied in England to several officers, having various functions, their duty originally being to bring certain matters to the attention of the proper persons at the proper time. "The remembrancer of the lord treasurer in the exchequer." Bacon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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