Remembrancer

Pronunciation varies by accent · noun

Meaning

A person who reminds someone..

Definitions by Sense

1. A person who reminds someone.
2. A memento or souvenir.
3. A recorder, or municipal judge.
4. An officer of exchequer.
5. (UK politics) Alternative letter-case form of Remembrancer: an official of the City of London Corporation.

Example Sentences

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.

"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."

Tribal chieftains in Africa had had official remembrancers about them; I was Ulick's remembrancer.

Near a fortnight had passed before I attempted to restrain their affliction; for premature consolation is but the remembrancer of sorrow.

In one respect at least the Corporation acts as the superior body: it imposes on the House of Commons a figure called the remembrancer: an official lobbyist who sits behind the Speaker's chair and ensures that, whatever our elected representatives might think, the City's rights and privileges are protected.

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