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barrator

[ bar-uh-ter ]

noun

Law.
  1. a person who commits barratry.


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noun

  1. a person guilty of barratry
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of barrator1

1350–1400; Middle English barettour brawler, fighter < Anglo-French barretor, barator, Old French barateor, equivalent to barat ( er ) to make a disturbance, baret ( er ) to trick, cheat (< Vulgar Latin *±è°ù²¹³Ù³ÙÄå°ù±ð < Greek ±è°ùÄåÌ³Ù³Ù±ð¾±²Ô to do, perform, manage; practical ) + -eor -ator
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of barrator1

C14: from Old French barateor , from barater to barter
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Another answered, "From good clerks, Good Lord, deliver us: that it may please Thee to preserve us from the barrators of Norfolk, we beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord."

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I should soon be considered, not the friend of abstract "truth and justice," but a party barrator, unworthy the confidence and respect of my fellow citizens.

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Barratry, Common, in law, the stirring up of lawsuits and quarrels between other persons, the party guilty of this offence being indictable as a common barrator or barretor.

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The great barrator made no hypocritical pretence of desiring peace.

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And, when the barrator had disappeared, he turned his talons on his fellow, and was clutched with him above the ditch.

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