repertor

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noun

A discoverer.

OriginLatin repertor ← Proto-Indo-European *per- ← Middle French repertour →
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Meanings

nounrepertor (plural repertors)

plural repertors · alternative repertour

  1. obsoleterareA 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

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
discoverer

Origin

  1. Middle Frenchrepertour“inventor, discoverer”
  2. Proto-Indo-European*per-“to bring forth”
  3. Latinrepertor
  4. Englishrepertor

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.

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APA

repertor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/repertor

MLA

“repertor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/repertor. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “repertor,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/repertor.

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