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Meaning of "social register" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SOCIAL REGISTER

social register  [ˈsəʊʃəl ˈrɛdʒɪstə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SOCIAL REGISTER

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Social register is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SOCIAL REGISTER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Social Register

Specific to the United States, the Social Register is a directory of names and addresses of prominent American families who form the social elite. Inclusion in the Social Register has historically been limited to members of polite society, or those with "old money", within the Social Register cities of Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland, Providence, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, D.C., as well as ones for "Southern Cities". In European countries, similar directories for the perceived upper-class, such as Burke's Peerage & Landed Gentry in the United Kingdom, have been published for hundreds of years.

Definition of social register in the English dictionary

The definition of social register in the dictionary is the social register a directory, now published annually, of the families who are considered to form the country's social élite.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SOCIAL REGISTER


agister
əˈdʒɪstə
agistor
əˈdʒɪstə
deregister
diːˈrɛdʒɪstə
enregister
ɪnˈrɛdʒɪstə
lister
ˈlɪstə
magister
məˈdʒɪstə
manchester
ˈmæntʃɪstə
minister
ˈmɪnɪstə
misregister
ˌmɪsˈrɛdʒɪstə
mister
ˈmɪstə
Mr
ˈmɪstə
oyster
ˈɔɪstə
preregister
priːˈrɛdʒɪstə
register
ˈrɛdʒɪstə
reregister
riːˈrɛdʒɪstə
Rochester
ˈrɒtʃɪstə
sister
ˈsɪstə
twister
ˈtwɪstə
vista
ˈvɪstə
winchester
ˈwɪntʃɪstə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SOCIAL REGISTER

social misfit
social mobility
social networking site
social notworking
social order
social organization
social phobia
social psychology
social realism
social recession
social science
social scientist
social secretary
social security
Social Security Administration
social security benefits
social security card
social security number
social security payment
social service

WORDS THAT END LIKE SOCIAL REGISTER

administer
assister
at-risk register
Bannister
barrister
blister
canister
cash register
demister
deputy minister
faster
finance minister
foreign minister
glister
health minister
kid sister
klister
prime minister
real-estate register
sinister
stepsister

Synonyms and antonyms of social register in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «social register» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SOCIAL REGISTER

Find out the translation of social register to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of social register from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «social register» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

社会寄存器
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

registro social
570 millions of speakers

English

social register
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सामाजिक रजिस्टर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

السجل الاجتماعي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

социальный регистр
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

registro social
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সামাজিক নিবন্ধন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

registre sociale
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Daftar sosial
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sozialregister
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

社会的なレジスタ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

사회 레지스터
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dhaptar sosial
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đăng ký xã hội
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சமூக பதிவு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सामाजिक नोंदणी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sosyal kayıt
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

registro sociale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rejestr społecznych
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

соціальний регістр
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

registru sociale
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κοινωνικό μητρώο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sosiale register
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

social registret
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sosial register
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of social register

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SOCIAL REGISTER»

The term «social register» is regularly used and occupies the 107.263 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SOCIAL REGISTER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about social register

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOCIAL REGISTER»

Discover the use of social register in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to social register and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Social Register, 1887
This facsimile edition of the Social Register contains 40 pages of new advertisements at the beginning, then the Annual Social Register for New York 1887, the Monthly Social Registers for January through June 1887 for new York and lastly ...
‎1986
2
Social Register, Philadelphia
Includes "Dilatory domiciles."
‎1947
3
Social Register, Pittsburgh
Includes "Dilatory domiciles."
‎1932
4
Edith Wharton's Social Register
In linked thematic sections, Claire Preston considers ideas of tribal inclusion and banishment, buccaneer figures whose money-energy overcomes tribal demarcations, and expatriatism, suggesting that, against the claims of realism, Wharton ...
Claire Preston, 2000
5
Social Register, Boston
Includes "Dilatory domiciles."
‎1916
6
Social Register, St. Louis
Includes "Dilatory domiciles."
‎1922
7
Social Register, Philadelphia, Including Wilmington
Includes "Dilatory domiciles."
‎1921
8
Social Register, Baltimore
Includes "Dilatory domiciles."
‎1943
9
Social Register, New Orleans
Includes "Dilatory domiciles."
‎1920
10
Social Register, Washington
Includes "Dilatory domiciles."
‎1964

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOCIAL REGISTER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term social register is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Carr: For insider hacks, low number license plate a numbers game
Of course, 23 used to be the lieutenant governor, and his family probably came over on the Mayflower, but not everybody can be in the Social Register, I guess. «Boston Herald, Jun 15»
2
While society grapples with pronouns, transgenders fight for …
A Yale graduate from a Social Register family and a veteran of two wars, Hunt was known for taking on dangerous assignments with gifted writing. His — her? «Chicago Tribune, Jun 15»
3
In 1908, Helen Clay Frick picked Pittsburgh to make her debut
It meant that Helen Clay Frick could host her own social events, be the guest of ... Allegheny Blue Book,” Western Pennsylvania's version of the Social Register. «Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Dec 14»
4
Social Register's new owner has old money
With the utmost discretion and hardly a ripple of publicity – because that's how The Right People do things — The Social Register has changed hands. «Palm Beach Daily News, Nov 14»
5
Forbes sells directory that catalogs Old Money families
The Forbes family has quietly sold off The Social Register — the 128-year-old biannual directory that has cataloged the country's old money families, particularly ... «New York Post, Nov 14»
6
Are Facebook and Twitter Your Next Impulse Shopping Destination?
The powerhouse appointments suggest a race to the social register, though neither will say as much. The companies are, for now, referring to their buy buttons ... «TheStreet.com, Oct 14»
7
The Fortune Social Register
For some business leaders, though, socializing is part of the job. In our inaugural Fortune Social Register, we pick the most experienced, active, influential, and ... «Fortune, Jun 14»
8
Denver's Society Bible Hits the Skids
DENVER—The Social Register and Record has been publishing the accomplishments of this city's well-bred and well-to-do since 1906. But the gold-embossed ... «Wall Street Journal, Oct 11»
9
2011 Denver Social Register in limbo
For the 1,300 or so whose names appear in the Denver Social Register and Record, the burning question is: "Where's my book?" With only four months left in the ... «Denver Post, Aug 11»
10
Madoff Broker Boardman Brings Social Register Allure
Boardman's name is on another list, the Social Register, a who's who of national ... a principal at the New York Social Diary, a Web site that chronicles the social ... «Bloomberg, Sep 09»

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