barrator

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.; One who buys or sells political or ecclesiastic offices. obsolete
  3. One who abuses their office by dealing fraudulently.; A judge who accepts bribes.
  4. One who abuses their office by dealing fraudulently.; A ship's master who commits gross fraud or barratry.
  5. A quarrelsome person, one who fights, a bully. archaic
    — 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.

词形变化

barrators plural barrater alternative barretor alternative

词源

From Middle English baratour, from Old French barateor (“deceiver”), from Old French barater, bareter (“to deceive, cheat, barter”). Compare barter (intransitive verb).
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