English Dictionary

barrator

/ˈbæɹətə(ɹ)/

noun

One who is guilty of barratry, vexing others with frequent and often groundless lawsuits; a brangler and pettifogger. / (obsolete) One who buys or sells political or ecclesiastic offices.

The lawyer was accused of being a barrator.

意味（1）

One who is guilty of barratry, vexing others with frequent and often groundless lawsuits; a brangler and pettifogger.

But by Hawk. P. C. bk. 1, c. 21, if such suits are merely groundless, and brought only with a design to oppress the defendants, such a man may as properly be called a barrator as if he had stirred up others to bring them.

意味（2）

(obsolete) One who buys or sells political or ecclesiastic offices.

意味（3）

A judge who accepts bribes.

意味（4）

(maritime, admiralty law) A ship's master who commits gross fraud or barratry.

意味（5）

(archaic) A quarrelsome person, one who fights, a bully.