1. One that repeats: " [The] tourists are mainly repeaters from the United States and Canada who come for the peace and quiet" (James Kerr).

2. A watch or clock with a pressure-activated mechanism that strikes the hour.

3. A repeating firearm.

4. A device used to amplify digital or analog signals in order to strengthen them for retransmission, as on a computer network or in telephone or radio transmission.

5. A student who repeats a course, usually one that has been failed.

6. One who fraudulently votes more than once in a single election.

7. One who has been convicted of wrongdoing more than once, especially for the same offense.

1. a person or thing that repeats

2. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) Also called: repeating firearm a firearm capable of discharging several shots without reloading

3. (Horology) a timepiece having a mechanism enabling it to strike the hour or quarter-hour just past, when a spring is pressed

4. (Electrical Engineering) electrical engineering a device that amplifies or augments incoming electrical signals and retransmits them, thus compensating for transmission losses

5. (Nautical Terms) nautical Also called: substitute one of three signal flags hoisted with others to indicate that one of the top three is to be repeated

re•peat•er

1. a person or thing that repeats.

2. a firearm that can discharge a number of shots without reloading.

3. a timepiece, esp. a watch, that can strike the hour or part of the hour.

4. a pupil who repeats a failed course.

5. a person who votes illegally by casting more than one vote in the same election.

6. a person who has been convicted and sentenced for more than one crime; recidivist.

7. a device that receives one- or two-way communications signals in order to amplify and retransmit them.

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