noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   One who, or that which, relays.
2. 2
   An athlete who takes part in a relay race.

Verb

1. 1
   To layer again.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From relay + -er.

Etymology 2

From re- + layer.

Related phrases

relay race

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.