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repeater.

One who or that which repeats.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɹɪˈpiːtə(ɹ)/

  1. One who or that which repeats.

  2. A student repeating a course, class, or grade.

  3. A patient who repeatedly presents with the same symptoms.

  4. A consumer who repeatedly purchases the same goods or services.

  5. One who votes more than once at an election.

    US

  6. A person who regularly sees unexplained sightings of paranormal phenomena.

  7. A gun that has a store of cartridges and does not need reloading after each shot.

    dated

  8. A telegraphic instrument for automatically retransmitting a message.

  9. An electronic device that receives a weak or low-level signal and retransmits it at a higher level or higher power.

  10. A watch with a striking apparatus which, upon pressure of a spring, will indicate the time, usually in hours and quarters.

  11. A frigate appointed to attend an admiral in a fleet, and to repeat the admiral's signals.

  12. A pennant used to indicate that a certain flag in a hoist of signal is duplicated.

  13. A repeating decimal.

  14. In calico printing, a design repeated at equal intervals in a pattern.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English repeat Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English repeater From repeat + -er.

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