† repairern.1
Obsolete.
A person who goes to or frequents a place.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] > visitor
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repairera1464
resorter1533
visitant1601
visitor1728
visiter1843
a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 73 In his tyme was Jon þe Þird pope, þat in his dayes was a grete repayrer of cimiteries þere martires were biried.
1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxix. 217 For reparers from forreine countries into his, whom he will haue well entertained.
1598 J. Stow Suruay of London 66 The inhabitantes & repayrers to this Citie.
1615 S. Hieron Dignitie of Preaching in Wks. (1620) I. 632 Art thou..a reuerent and often repairer to Gods board?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
repairern.2
/rᵻˈpɛːrə/, U.S. /rəˈpɛrər/, /riˈpɛrər/ A person who or thing which repairs something.Frequently with distinguishing word specifying the thing repaired; for more established compounds, as road, ship, shoe repairer, etc.: see the first element.
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the world > action or operation > amending > [noun] > one who or that which
corrector1377
mendera1382
physiciana1398
amenderc1405
redresserc1449
corrigiour1474
repairer?1504
redressc1530
remeder1535
righter1566
rectifier1607
redressor1643
corrective1768
renovator1827
readjuster1850
Mr Fixit1924
fixer-upper1932
society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > mender > [noun]
clouterc1440
maker-up?a1444
botcher1499
repairer?1504
reparationer1520
patcher1528
bodger1538
repareller1546
mender1552
sarcinator1646
vamper1712
piecer1764
renovator1827
repairman1856
fixer?1881
serviceman1905
Mr Fixit1924
fixit man1949
fixit1982
?1504 M. Beaufort tr. Thomas à Kempis Ful Treat. Imytacyon Cryste (Pynson) iv. iv. 266 The defender of my soule and the repayrer of the weykenesse of man.
1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid xii. Prol. 260 Welcum reparar of woddis, treis, and bewis.
?1567 M. Parker Whole Psalter Collect 377 The repayrer, vpholder and builder of all mansions.
1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke ii. ii. 110 This vital heate..is the repairer and conseruer of life.
1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. vi. 206 Bright Sun-beame, repairer and incitresse of my decaying heat.
1693 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. III. 285 He was in the External System of the Divine Counsel to be the Repairer and Restorer of Human Nature.
1730 A. Gordon tr. F. S. Maffei Compl. Hist. Anc. Amphitheatres 308 The Steps, by the Fault of the Repairers, are hampered at present.
1738 G. Miège Present State Great-Brit. & Irel. (ed. 8) i. Catal. 151 Clock Repairer, Mr. George Graham.
1761 Misc. in Ann. Reg. 199/1 There is an inferior sort of repairers of wrongs, and reformers of abuses.
1826 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 34 308 He was a great repairer of churches and steeples.
1880 Birmingham Daily Post 13 Apr. 3/2 Capital opening for a clever milliner, or a sewing machine and bicycle repairer.
1904 Collier's 7 May 16/1 Nobody had noticed her husband..paid a professional repairer to sneak into his room once a week and keep the buttons on his trousers.
1948 G. Frost Flying Squad xi. 128 In this shop we searched and found a couple of melting crucibles, and the young watch-repairer had some loose stones in his pocket.
2003 Electronics World Jan. 53/1 (advt.) Suppliers programmers and repairers of new and refurbished two-way radio equipment.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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