barrator (barator)

[ Will it not reflect as much on thy character, Nic, to turn barrator in thy old days, a stirrer up of quarrels amongst thy neighbours? Arbuthnot, Hist. of John Bull, Also spelled barrater , and, especially in the last sense, barretor. barrat oust (bar'a-tus), a. [ The world is too full of litigious and barra to us pennes. G. Harvey , Pierces Supererogation, p. 97. ( N. E. D. ) barratrous (bar'a-trus), a . [ barratry + -ous .] Of the nature of or characterized by barratry; fraudulent. Also spelled barretrous . barratrously (bar'a-trus-li), adv. In a barratrous or fraudulent manner; by barratry. Also spelled barretrously.