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barrater

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bar⋅ra⋅tor

  [bar-uh-ter]
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–noun Law.
a person who commits barratry.
Also, bar⋅ra⋅ter, barretor.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME barettour brawler, fighter < AF barretor, barator, OF barateor, equiv. to barat(er) to make a disturbance, baret(er) to trick, cheat (< VL *prattāre < Gk prttein to do, perform, manage; see practical ) + -eor -ator
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bar·ra·tor also bar·ra·ter   (bār'ə-tər)   
n.  One who engages in barratry.

[Middle English baratour, from Old French barateour, swindler, from barater, to cheat, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *prattāre, from Greek prāttein, to do.]
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