"repeater" Definition

Definitions for the word "repeater" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
One who, or that which, repeats.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
A watch with a striking apparatus which, upon pressure of a spring, will indicate the time, usually in hours and quarters.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
A repeating firearm.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
An instrument for resending a telegraphic message automatically at an intermediate point.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
A person who votes more than once at an election.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
See Circulating decimal, under Decimal.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
A pennant used to indicate that a certain flag in a hoist of signal is duplicated.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
1 person or thing that repeats. 2 firearm which fires several shots without reloading. 3 watch or clock which repeats its last strike when required. 4 device for the re-transmission of an electrical message.
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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