NOTARY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Someone legally empowered to witness signatures and certify a document's validity and to take depositions

Synonyms:

notary; notary public

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("notary" is a kind of...):

functionary; official (a worker who holds or is invested with an office)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Derivation:

notarize (authenticate as a notary)