Etymology

barrator

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Today it means: One who is guilty of barratry, vexing others with frequent and often groundless lawsuits; a brangler and pettifogger. Full definition →

Middle English baratour ← Old French barateor
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  1. Old French · derived frombarater
  2. Old French · derived frombarateor“deceiver”
  3. Middle English · inherited frombaratour
  4. English todaybarrator

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

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchbarateor all →

barreter

Old Frenchbarater all →

barter

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.