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Repeater   /rɪpˈitər/   Listen
Repeater

noun
1.
A person who repeats.
2.
Someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior).  Synonyms: habitual criminal, recidivist.
3.
A firearm that can fire several rounds without reloading.  Synonym: repeating firearm.
4.
(electronics) electronic device that amplifies a signal before transmitting it again.






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"Repeater" Quotes from Famous Books



... accordingly. 'Try the heart, mother,' Rose suggested, and Leonora, after penetrating beneath garment after garment, placed her hand on Meshach's icy and tranquil breast. And she too shook her head. Then John, with an air of finality, took out his gold repeater and when he had polished the glass he held it to Uncle Meshach's parted lips. 'Can you see any moisture on it?' he asked, taking it to the light, but none of them could detect ...
— Leonora • Arnold Bennett

... Lincoln's conduct of the war, predicated upon a private letter of General Scott, the possession of which he did not satisfactorily account for. The Tribune, referring to his campaign as "a rhetorical spree," called him a "buffoon," a "political harlequin," a "repeater of mouldy jokes,"[852] and in bitter terms denounced his "low comedy performance at Tammany," his "double-shuffle dancing at Mozart Hall," his possession of a letter "by dishonourable means for a dishonourable purpose," and his wide-sweeping statements "which gentlemen over ...
— A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3 • DeAlva Stanwood Alexander

... himself behind a cottonwood, his repeater ready for action. In another moment he would know, because if the log was adrift in the river, it would miss the point of the island ...
— Oh, You Tex! • William Macleod Raine

... up, nice and tasty. Great for the temperance trade. And the best little repeater on the market. Now take ...
— The Clarion • Samuel Hopkins Adams

... Rex laid his repeater on the table. Two pairs of laughing eyes watched the dear little old lady. At the end of three minutes she raised her own; blue, sweet, running ...
— In the Quarter • Robert W. Chambers


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