repat

See also: répát

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Noun

repat (plural repats)

1. (informal) A repatriate.
   • 2007 May 17, Sophia Kishkovsky, “2 Russian Churches, Split by War, Reuniting”, in New York Times‎:

     One of the most important things you can do as a repat is to help in the reunification of the churches, much more so than anything you’re doing in television or business.

   • 2024 February 16, Colette Coleman, “Blaxit: Tired of Racism, Black Americans Try Life in Africa”, in The New York Times‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     Becoming a “repat” felt empowering to Mr. Mahdi as a Black Muslim, he said.

     (Can we archive this URL?)

Anagrams

• Peart, Petra, apert, apter, parte, pater, peart, petar, petra, prate, preta, reapt, retap, taper, trape, treap

Latin

Verb

rēpat

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of rēpō

Swedish

Verb

repat

1. supine of repa

Anagrams

• Petra, paret, petar