barrator, + barretor, barreter, barretter, bar at our, bar a to ure

[O. Fr. bar a teres; Ital. barattiere, barattiero deceiver, cheat; barattatore = one who trucks; from O. Fr. baratar, bareter = to barter, to cheat in bargaining; Prov & Sp. baratar; Ital. bar att are = to barter, to exchange, to cheat; Low Lat, barato = to cheat; from O. Fr. bar at, barate, barete fraud, discord, confusion. (BARRAT.) Diez considers that it is cognate with Gr. πράττειν ( prattein ) = to do, to use practices or tricks. (PRACTICE.) Barrater is etymologically connected with BARTER (q.v.). See also BARRATRY.] 1. The master of a ship who deals fraudulently with goods put on board his ve el, and therefore committed to his custody. 2. One who, for his own purposes, stirs up litigation or private quarrels among his neighbours. "Will it not reflect as much on thy character, Nic, to turn barra or in thy old days, a stirrer-up of quarrels amongst thy neighbours- Arbuthnot : History of John Bull. a barretor, who is thus able, as well as willing, to do mischief."-Black stone: Comment., bk. iv., ch. 10. 446 băr-ra-trous, adj. [Eng. barratr (y); -ous.] Pertaining to barratry; involving the commi ion of barratry. băr-ra-trous-lý, adv . [Eng. barratrous ; -ly.] In a barratrous manner; as a barrator would do; in a way to involve the crime of barratry.