repositioner

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noun

One who, or that which, repositions.

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Meanings

nounrepositioner (plural repositioners)

plural repositioners

  1. One who, or that which, repositions.

    Nevertheless osteopaths are coming to regard themselves not so much as thrusters, or even as repositioners, of bones, but as releasers of the patient's own recuperative forces.

    1978, Brian Inglis, The Book of the Back, page 109

Origin

From reposition + -er.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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