Barrators
a person who commits barratry.
Historical Examples
The punishment of the barrators bears a relation to their sins.
The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri Dante Alighieri
noun
a person guilty of barratry
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fraud by a master or crew at the expense of the owners of the ship or its cargo. the offense of frequently exciting and stirring up lawsuits and quarrels. the purchase or sale of ecclesiastical preferments or of offices of state. Historical Examples But of all sins, that of “barratry” was one of the most […]
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a handrail placed at hip height, used by a dancer to maintain balance during practice. Textiles. a pattern of stripes or bands of color extending across the warp in woven and knitted fabrics. Textiles. a streak in the filling direction when one or more picks are of a color different from that of adjacent picks. […]
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a musical chord that is played on a stringed instrument using the barré technique.
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provided with one or more bars: a barred prison window. striped; streaked: barred fabrics. Ornithology. (of feathers) marked with transverse bands of distinctive color. a relatively long, evenly shaped piece of some solid substance, as metal or wood, used as a guard or obstruction or for some mechanical purpose: the bars of a cage. an […]