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remembrancer |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Remembrancer \Re*mem"bran*cer\ (-bran-s?r), 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.
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