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remembrancer

remembrancer noun: a person who reminds someone. Also the alternative letter-case form of Remembrancer.

Noun (1)

remembrancer (plural remembrancers)

  1. A person who reminds someone.
    • 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.1771, Tobias Smollett, Humphry Clinker, Penguin Classics, published 1985, page 77
    • "Sandra Telmont," he explained. "Sandra is our professional remembrancer - continuity is her usual work, so we regard it as particularly thoughtful of providence to contrive her presence here just now."1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 105
  2. A memento or souvenir.
    • Near a fortnight had passed before I attempted to restrain their affliction; for premature consolation is but the remembrancer of sorrow.1766, Oliver Goldsmith, chapter 3, in The Vicar of Wakefield
  3. A recorder, or municipal judge.
  4. An officer of exchequer.

Noun (2) capitalized: Remembrancer

Remembrancer (plural Remembrancers)

  1. (UK) Any of several former officials in the Court of Exchequer.
  2. (UK) A similar official of the City of London Corporation.
    • “Thank you. Tuesday evening, in four days’ time, Daedra West hosts a gathering, the venue yet to be announced. Possibly one of the guildhalls. Her guest list, so far, is interesting.” She looked at Lev. “The Remembrancer himself may be there. Lesser faces from the City.[…]2014, William Gibson, The Peripheral, G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 222
    • In particular, Harkaway told him about the unelected offices of the Lord Mayor and the City Remembrancer, who can be mistaken for figureheads but, in fact, have extensive powers.2014 November 16, Ned Beauman, “William Gibson: ‘We always think of ourselves as the cream of creation’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Also used as

remembrancer is also the alternative letter-case form of Remembrancer.

Forms of remembrancer

pluralremembrancers
pluralRemembrancers

Origin of remembrancer

From remembrance + -er.

Words formed from remembrancer

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

Questions about remembrancer

What does remembrancer mean?
Remembrancer means a person who reminds someone.
What part of speech is remembrancer?
Remembrancer is a noun.
What is the plural of remembrancer?
The plural of remembrancer is remembrancers.

Words near remembrancer in the dictionary

  1. remembr'd
  2. remembrance
  3. Remembrance Day
  4. Remembrance Sunday
  5. remembranced
  6. remembrancer
  7. remembrancers
  8. remembrancership
  9. remembrances
  10. remembrancing
  11. remembrancings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: remembrancer (page history and authors); Remembrancer (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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