barrator
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barrator
- /ˈbæɹətɚ/
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From Middle English baratour, from Old French barateor (“deceiver”), from Old French barater, bareter (“to deceive, cheat, barter”). Compare barter (intransitive verb).
noun barrators · barrater · barretor
- One who is guilty of barratry, vexing others with frequent and often groundless lawsuits; a brangler and pettifogger. But by Hawk. P. C. bk. 1, c. 21, if such suits are merely groundless, and brought only with a design to oppress the defendants, such a man may as properly be called a barrator as if he had stirred up others to bring them.
- One who buys or sells political or ecclesiastic offices.
- A judge who accepts bribes.
- A ship's master who commits gross fraud or barratry.
- A quarrelsome person, one who fights, a bully. I care not though men call me impudent, / Smooth-tongu'd, audacious, petulant, abhominable, / Forger of vvords and lie, contentious Barretour, / Old, vvinding, bragging, teſty, crafty fox.
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noun one who is guilty of barratry
| Español | querulante |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 訟棍 /讼棍 sònggùn |
| Português | rezingão |
| Français | quérulent, procédurier |
| Deutsch | Querulant |
| Русский | кля́узник kljáuznik, сутя́жник sutjážnik |
| العربية | مُشَاكِس mušākis |
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title = {barrator},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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