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barretor

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bar⋅re⋅tor

  [bar-i-ter]
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–noun Law.
barrator.

bar⋅ra⋅tor

  [bar-uh-ter]
–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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