patricot (patriko)

[Thieves' slang.] A hedge-priest or orator among gipsies and beggars. Also patercove. Alm . A supercilious rogue! he looks as if He were the patrico Mad . Or archpriest of Canters. B. Jonson, Staple of News, iv. 1. A Patrico amongst Beggars is their priest, euery hedge beeing his parish, euery wandring harlot and rogue his parishioners. Dekker , Belman of London (ed. 1608), sig. C. 3. patrol