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repetitor

repetitor noun: a private instructor in a repetitorium.

Noun (1)

repetitor (plural repetitors)

  1. A private instructor in a repetitorium.
    • There is probably not a class throughout the Russian Empire, there is certainly not a gymnasium or a real-school, in which a certain proportion of the pupils do not avail themselves of the services of a repetitor ; and in the case of the lower classes of some schools every second or third pupil...1909, Great Britain Board of Education, Special Reports on Educational Subjects - Volume 23, page 368
    • Where the real difference with the tutorial likes is in the fact that the repetitor does most of the talking in class, analyses the problem and then, at the end, hands out a summary of what the model answer should be.2002, B. S. Markesinis, The British Contribution to the Europe of the Twenty-first Century, →ISBN, page 74
  2. Someone or something that repeats something.
    • For the repetitor, its self-similarity ratio r is 1/3, identifying the subdivision of the original line into three pieces.1992, Robert Laurini, Derek Thompson, Fundamentals of Spatial Information Systems, →ISBN, page 154
    • I like to claim the lineage of reacaire, defined by Dineen as “an auctioneer, a seller, a reciter, a story teller, a gossiper, a poet's repetitor, a ranting female.”2008, Treasa O'Driscoll, Celtic Woman: A Memoir of Life's Poetic Journey, →ISBN

Noun (2) capitalized: Repetitor

Repetitor (plural Repetitors)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of repetitor.
    • Some Repetitors will provide protocols which are records written by students (and paid for by the Repetitor) of the questions asked in oral examinations.1995, Michael John Allen, Web Journal of Current Legal Issues Yearbook, page 295
    • Universities teach these courses too, but almost all students also or exclusively go to private Repetitor, where they spend between €2,600 to over €4,000 for a year-long course including materials.2008, Thomas Lundmark, “Recent reforms to German legal education”, in The Law Teacher, volume 42

Forms of repetitor

pluralrepetitors
alternative formRepetitor
pluralRepetitors

Origin of repetitor

Compare Latin repetitor (“a reclaimer”).

Questions about repetitor

What does repetitor mean?
Repetitor means a private instructor in a repetitorium.
What part of speech is repetitor?
Repetitor is a noun.
What is the plural of repetitor?
The plural of repetitor is repetitors.

Words near repetitor in the dictionary

  1. repetitive
  2. repetitive strain injuries
  3. repetitive strain injury
  4. repetitively
  5. repetitiveness
  6. repetitor
  7. repetitoria
  8. repetitorium
  9. repetitoriums
  10. repetitors
  11. repetitory

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