barrator

(barə tər, ber-)

or barrater

noun

a person guilty of barratry

Origin: ME baratour < OFr barateor, swindler < barater, to cheat < barate, fraud, strife < ON baratta, quarrel < berja, to beat < IE base *bher-, to cut > L ferire, to strike, kill

See barrator in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also bar·ra·ter

noun
One who engages in barratry.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English baratour

Origin: , from Old French barateour, swindler

Origin: , from barater, to cheat

Origin: , perhaps from Vulgar Latin *prattāre

Origin: , from Greek prāttein, to do

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