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Webster 1913 Edition


Remembrancer

Re-mem′bran-cer

(-bran-s?r)
,
Noun.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Remembrancer

REMEM'BRANCER

, n.
1.
One that reminds, or revives the remembrance of any thing.
God is present in the consciences of good and bad; he is there a remembrancer to call our actions to mind.
2.
An officer in the exchequer of England, whose business is to record certain papers and proceedings, make out processes, &c.; a recorder. The officers bearing this name were formerly called clerks of the remembrance.

Definition 2024


Remembrancer

Remembrancer

See also: remembrancer

English

Noun

Remembrancer (plural Remembrancers)

  1. (Britain) Any of several former officials in the Court of Exchequer.
  2. (Britain) A similar official of the Corporation of the City of London.

Derived terms

  • King's Remembrancer
  • Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer
  • Queen's Remembrancer
  • Remembrancer of the First Fruits

remembrancer

remembrancer

See also: Remembrancer

English

Noun

remembrancer (plural remembrancers)

  1. A person who reminds someone
    • 1771, Tobias Smollett, Humphry Clinker, Penguin Classics, 1985, p.77:
      I wonder, Dick, you did not put me in mind of sending for my own mattresses - But, if I had not been an ass, I should not have needed a remembrancer.
  2. A memento or souvenir