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- French · derived fromchamparteur“a divider of fields or field rent”
- English todaychampertor
From French champarteur (“a divider of fields or field rent”). See champerty.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
champertor
Today it means: One guilty of champerty; one who purchases a suit, or the right of suing, and carries it on at his or her own expense, in order to obtain a share of the gain. Full definition →
French champarteur