Meaning

noun equipment for making records

noun someone responsible for keeping records

noun a barrister or solicitor who serves as part-time judge in towns or boroughs

originFrom Middle English recordour, borrowed from Old French recordour, from Old French recordeor, from Medieval Latin recordātor, from Latin recordor (“call to mind, remember, recollect”), from re- (“back, again”) + cor (“heart; mind”). By surface analysis, record + -er.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0