barrator

[ bar-uh-ter ]

nounLaw.
  1. a person who commits barratry.

Origin of barrator

1
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 *prattāre<Greek prā́ttein to do, perform, manage; see practical) + -eor-ator

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barrator

/ (ˈbærətə) /


noun
  1. a person guilty of barratry

Origin of barrator

1
C14: from Old French barateor, from barater to barter

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