barrator noun. ['barǝtǝ] Also barrater. LME.
[Anglo-Norman baratour, Old French barateor cheat, trickster, from barater from Proto-Romance from Greek prattein do, perform, manage, practise (sometimes dishonestly); perh. infl. by Old Norse barátta contest, fighting.]
1. A person who buys or sells ecclesiastical preferment or offices of state or accepts money to influence judicial proceedings. Now rare exc. Hist. LME.

2. A person who indulges in riotous or violent behaviour, esp. for money; a hired bully. LME-L18.

3. A malicious raiser of discord; a troublemaker; spec. a vexatious litigant (now Hist.). LME.

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