repertour

English

Etymology

From Middle French repertour (“inventor, discoverer”), from Latin repertor, q.v.

Noun

repertour (plural repertours)

1. (rare, obsolete) Alternative form of repertor: a discoverer.
   • 1650, Thomas Fuller, A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine and the Confines Thereof, page 31:

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

References

• “† repertor, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2009.