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barrator
/ˈbæɹətɚ/
noun 5
Collocations
1VERB + BARRATOR
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Definitions
noun
1
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.
2
One who abuses their office by dealing fraudulently.
3
One who abuses their office by dealing fraudulently.
4
One who abuses their office by dealing fraudulently.
5
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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Synonyms
noun — someone guilty of barratry
- barrater
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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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
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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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