"repetitor" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: repetitors [plural]
Etymology: Compare Latin repetitor (“a reclaimer”). Etymology templates: {{lena}}, {{cog|la|repetitor||a reclaimer}} Latin repetitor (“a reclaimer”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} repetitor (plural repetitors)
  1. A private instructor in a repetitorium.
    Sense id: en-repetitor-en-noun-tic8x1Qh
  2. Someone or something that repeats something.
    Sense id: en-repetitor-en-noun-N2AfG6Gh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Repetitor

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          "ref": "2008, Treasa O'Driscoll, Celtic Woman: A Memoir of Life's Poetic Journey",
          "text": "I like to claim the lineage of reacaire, defined by Dineen as “an auctioneer, a seller, a reciter, a story teller, a gossiper, a poet's repetitor, a ranting female.”",
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