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Meaning of REMEMBRANCER

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Re*mem"bran*cer\ (-bran-s?r), n.
1. One who, or that which, serves to bring to, or keep in,
   mind; a memento; a memorial; a reminder.
         Premature consiolation is but the remembrancer of
         sorrow.                               --Goldsmith.
         Ye that are the lord's remembrancers. --Isa. lxii.
                                               6. (Rev.
                                               Ver.).
2. A term applied in England to several officers, having
   various functions, their duty originally being to bring
   certain matters to the attention of the proper persons at
   the proper time. ``The remembrancer of the lord treasurer
   in the exchequer.'' --Bacon.
 
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