Meanings
plural repats
- informalA repatriate.
Becoming a “repat” felt empowering to Mr. Mahdi as a Black Muslim, he said.
2024 February 16, Colette Coleman, “Blaxit: Tired of Racism, Black Americans Try Life in Africa”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC1 more example
One of the most important things you can do as a repat is to help in the reunification of the churches, much more so than anything you’re doing in television or business.
2007 May 17, Sophia Kishkovsky, “2 Russian Churches, Split by War, Reuniting”, in New York Times
Origin
Shortening.
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repat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/repat
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