notary

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈnəʊtəri/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈnoʊtəri/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(nō′tə rē)

Inflections of 'notary' (n): npl: notaries

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
no•ta•ry /ˈnoʊtəri/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. -ries. 
  1. Businessa person who is authorized to witness the signing of documents and make them official by placing a special stamp on them. Also, notary public. 
See -nota-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
no•ta•ry  (nō′tə rē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ries. 
  1. BusinessSee notary public. 
  • Latin notārius clerk, equivalent. to not(āre) to note, mark + -ārius -ary
  • Middle English 1275–1325
no′ta•ry•ship′, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
notary / ˈnəʊtərɪ/ ( -ries)
  1. a notary public
  2. (formerly) a clerk licensed to prepare legal documents
  3. a clerk or secretary
Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin notārius clerk, from nota a mark, notenotarial / nəʊˈtɛərɪəl/ˈnotaryship
'notary' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
NP - ary - notarial - notarize - notary public - note - prothonotary - scrivener - writer

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