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registrar

/ˌredʒɪˈstrɑː/

B1CEFR level
45/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

Medicine noun

A doctor training in a speciality, senior to a junior doctor.

Bleep the registrar if his condition changes.

Topic: Roles & places in Medical English

Law noun

A judicial officer who deals with the procedural and administrative conduct of proceedings.

Interlocutory applications were heard by the registrar rather than by the trial judge.

Topic: Evidence & procedure in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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