Category:Repeater

Re*peat"er (-r), n.

Defn: one who, or that which, repeats. Specifically: (a) a watch with a striking apparatus which, upon pressure of a Spring, will indicate the time, usually in hours and quarters. (b) a repeating firearm. (c) (teleg.) An instrument for resending a telegraphic message Automatically at an intermediate point. (d) a person who votes more than once at an election. [u.s.] (e) see circulating decimal, under decimal. (f) (naut.) A pennant used to indicate that a certain flag in a hoist Of signal is duplicated. Ham. Nav. Encyc.