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REMEMBRANCER

Definitions: REMEMBRANCER

REMEMBRANCER

Noun

1. 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.

2. One who, or that which, serves to bring to, or keep in, mind; a memento; a memorial; a reminder.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "REMEMBRANCER" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1606. (references)

Synonyms within Context: REMEMBRANCER

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Memory

Suggestion; (information); prompting; Verb: hint, reminder; remembrancer, flapper; memorial; (record); commemoration; (celebration).

Recorder

Noun: recorder, notary, clerk; registrar, registrary, register; prothonotary; amanuensis, secretary, scribe, babu, remembrancer, bookkeeper, custos rotulorum, Master of the Rolls.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: REMEMBRANCER

Specialty definitions using "REMEMBRANCER": Mnason. (references)

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Commercial Usage: REMEMBRANCER

DomainTitle

Books

  • Death and the remembrancer (reference)

  • Memoirs of the Dead and Tombs Remembrancer (reference)

  • The Builder's Jewel Or, the Youth's Instructor and Workman's Remembrancer (reference)

  • The Nigerian lawyers remembrancer and directory, 1988 : incorporating the lawyers diary (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: REMEMBRANCER

"REMEMBRANCER" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "REMEMBRANCER" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%4175,879

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translations: REMEMBRANCER

Language Translations for "REMEMBRANCER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

някой който напомня, нещо което напомня (reminder, reminiscence), бележник (agenda, aide-memoire, book, notebook, pad, pocket book, scratch pad, scribbling pad, writing pad). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ενθυμητήσ (reminder). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

emembrancerray

   

Romanian

  

memento (memento, reminder, tickler, vade mecum), lucru ce aminteşte. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

người gợi lại kỷ niệm xưa, kỷ niệm, cái nhắc nhở (reminder). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

cofiedydd. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: REMEMBRANCER

Derivations

Words beginning with "REMEMBRANCER": remembrancers. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "REMEMBRANCER"

Words rhyming with "REMEMBRANCER" (pronounced 'Re*mem"bran*cer'): Adducer, Advancer, Affiancer, Amercer, Amphimacer, Announcer, Artificer, Balancer, Bouncer, Bracer, Chiromancer, Conveyancer, Convincer, Countenancer, Dancer, Defacer, Demilancer, Denouncer, Dicer, Discountenancer, Disgracer, Displacer, Divorcer, Ear-piercer, Embracer, Encumbrancer, Enforcer, Enhancer, Enticer, Evidencer, Experiencer, Falcer, Fencer, Filacer, Fleecer, Forcer, Geomancer, greengrocer, Grievancer, grocer, Incumbrancer, inducer, Influencer, Insurancer, Intelligencer, Introducer, Justicer, lancer, macer, Menacer. (additional references)

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Anagrams: REMEMBRANCER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-e-e-m-m-n-r-r-r"

-1 letter: remembrance.

-4 letters: barrener, careener, careerer, embracer, membrane, remember.

-5 letters: acerber, amercer, cerebra, crammer, creamer, embrace, menacer.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-c-e-e-e-m-m-n-r-r-r"
 

+1 letter: remembrancers.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: REMEMBRANCER


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

52 45 4D 45 4D 42 52 41 4E 43 45 52

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-.    .    --    .    --    -...    .-.    .-    -.    -.-.    .    .-.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010010 01000101 01001101 01000101 01001101 01000010 01010010 01000001 01001110 01000011 01000101 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#82 &#69 &#77 &#69 &#77 &#66 &#82 &#65 &#78 &#67 &#69 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 0045 004D 0045 004D 0042 0052 0041 004E 0043 0045 0052

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

523947394736523548373952

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Usage Frequency
5. Translations: Modern
6. Derivations
7. Rhymes
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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