repertour
English
Etymology
From Middle French repertour (“inventor, discoverer”), from Latin repertor, q.v.
Noun
repertour (plural repertours)
- (rare, obsolete) Alternative form of repertor: a discoverer.
- 1650, Thomas Fuller, A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine and the Confines Thereof, p. 31:
- Let others dispute whether Anah was the Inventour, or onely the Repertour of Mules.
- 1650, Thomas Fuller, A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine and the Confines Thereof, p. 31:
References
- “† repertor, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009.