BARRATOR

barrator (bar-<<schwa>>-t<<schwa>>r), n. A fomenter of quarrels and lawsuits; one who

stirs up dissension and litigation among people. — Also spelled barretor. Cf. CHAMPERTOR.

“Barrator or Barater (Fr. Barateur, a Deceiver) Is a common mover or maintainer of Suits, Quarrels, or Parts, either in Courts or elswhere in the Country, and is himself never quiet, but at

variance with one or other.” Thomas Blount, Nomo-Lexicon: A Law-Dictionary (1670).[Blacks Law 8th]