Repertor

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    A discoverer. obsolete, rare

    "Let others dispute whether Anah was the Inventour, or onely the Repertour of Mules."

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discovererdiscoverer

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"Let others dispute whether Anah was the Inventour, or onely the Repertour of Mules."

Etymology

From Latin repertor, from repertus (“found”), from reperīre (“to find”), from re- (“again, back”) + parere (“to bear, to get”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to bring forth”), + -or (“-er: forming agent nouns”). Influenced by Middle French repertour (“inventor, discoverer”). Cognate with repertible, repertitious.

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