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repertor

repertor noun: a discoverer.

Noun

repertor (plural repertors)

  1. (obsolete, rare) A discoverer.
    • Let others dispute whether Anah was the Inventour, or onely the Repertour of Mules.1650, Thomas Fuller, A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine and the Confines Thereof, page 31

Forms of repertor

pluralrepertors
alternative formrepertour

Origin of repertor

From Latin repertor, from repertus (“found”), from reperīre (“to find”), from re- (“again, back”) + parere (“to bear, to get”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to bring forth”), + -or (“-er: forming agent nouns”). Influenced by Middle French repertour (“inventor, discoverer”). Cognate with repertible, repertitious.

Questions about repertor

What does repertor mean?
Repertor means a discoverer.
What part of speech is repertor?
Repertor is a noun.
What is the plural of repertor?
The plural of repertor is repertors.

Words near repertor in the dictionary

  1. repertaxin
  2. repertible
  3. repertitious
  4. repertoire
  5. repertoires
  6. repertor
  7. repertoreme
  8. repertoremes
  9. repertorial
  10. repertories
  11. repertors

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