Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Repeater

Repeater (-?r) , noun

(Telegraphy) One who, or that which, repeats.
(a)
(Telegraphy) A watch with a striking apparatus which, upon pressure of a spring, will indicate the time, usually in hours and quarters.
(b)
(Telegraphy) A repeating firearm.
(c)
(Telegraphy) An instrument for resending a telegraphic message automatically at an intermediate point.
(d)
(Telegraphy) A person who votes more than once at an election.
(e)
(Telegraphy) See Circulating decimal, under Decimal.
(f)
(Telegraphy) A pennant used to indicate that a certain flag in a hoist of signal is duplicated. [United States] — Ham. Nav. Encyc