noun a repeating firearm.
2. repeater ·noun one who, or that which, repeats.
3. repeater ·noun ·see circulating decimal, under decimal.
4. repeater ·noun a person who votes more than once at an election.
5. repeater ·noun a pennant used to indicate that a certain flag in a hoist of signal is duplicated.
6. repeater ·noun an instrument for resending a telegraphic message automatically at an intermediate point.
7. repeater ·noun a watch with a striking apparatus which, upon pressure of a spring, will indicate the time, usually in hours and quarters.