Barrator
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈbæɹətɚ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Barrator is a noun meaning One who is guilty of barratry, vexing others with frequent and often groundless lawsuits; a brangler and pettifogger.
Meaning
One who is guilty of barratry, vexing others with frequent and often groundless lawsuits; a brangler and pettifogger.
More Meanings
- One who abuses their office by dealing fraudulently.
- (archaic) A quarrelsome person, one who fights, a bully.
Example Sentences
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.
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.
Word Forms
- barrators
- barrater
- barretor
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include barrater, barretor, brangler, barreter, brabbler, questmonger.
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