registrar

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The domain is hosted by what is known as a registrar, and the page is provided by a hosting company, either of which could effectively take down a site.

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  1. noun One who is in charge of official records.
  2. noun An officer in a college or university who keeps the records of enrollment and academic standing.
  3. noun An officer of a corporation responsible for maintaining records of ownership of its securities.
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  • I finished the six-page counterfeit by attaching a gold seal to the bottom of the last page and impressing over it, in a deliberately blurred manner, the notary stamp, which I filled in by hand, using a heavy pen, and signing with a flourish the name of the Harvard Law School registrar, noting below the forgery that the registrar was also a notary. —  CATCH ME IF YOU CAN - FRANK ABAGNALE JR.
  • GoDaddy. com is the world's No. 1 domain name registrar, both in terms of new registrations and domains under management. —  Cheap Web Hosting Directory for Affordable Hosting Services
  • Go Daddy is the world's largest domain name registrar, meaning they register Web site addresses. —  TopHosts.Com - Web Hosting Resource and Directory since 1997
  • The domain is hosted by what is known as a registrar, and the page is provided by a hosting company, either of which could effectively take down a site. —  The New American
  • GoDaddy. com is located in the USA and is the world's largest domain name registrar, according to Netcraft Ltd. —  The Earth Times Online Newspaper
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  1. Probably from registrary, from Medieval Latin registrārius, from registrum, register; see register.

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  1. Formerly registrer; from Middle English registrere, from Middle Latin registrarius, one who keeps a register or record, a registrar, notary, from registrum, a register, record: see register. Cf. registrary and register. Cf. also Old French registreur, registrateur, from Middle Latin registrator, from registrare, register.
 

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/ˈrɛdʒɪstrər/
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