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baratur (s.xii3/4)
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baratur (s.xii3/4)

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barator,  baratour;  baretour,  barettour,  baretur;  barratour,  barretor,  barretour , 
(pl.  barectours,  abaretours)  
  FEW:  prattein 9,331a Gdf:  barateor 1,577c GdfC: ∅ TL: baratëor 1,832 DEAF:  barater (barateor)  DMF:  barateur  TLF: ∅ OED:  barrator | barrater n.  MED:  baratour n.  DMLBS:  baratator 181a

s.

1trouble-maker: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  dis de nos [meillors] velt [...] Aviler e honir [...] Pur le conte L. un malveis baretur  Rom Chev ANTS 2440
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  Dunc (=at the Last Judgement) erent li baraturs dampnez E li paissibles curunez  Mirur3 9521
( MS: s.xiiim )  Un frere iert entré un covent qui baratur esteit E suvent se curruça u a tort u a dreit  Vitas 1579
( 1377 )  actours, barectours (l. barettours) autres gentz qe font debautz  Rot Parl1 iii 21
♦brawler, barrator: 
( 1323 )  Item, des mauveys barettours qe manassent et destourbent les gentz de venir as assises  King’s Bench iv 134
( 1366 )  comunes meffesours ne comunes robiours ne abaretours  Stats and Ords Ireland 458.30
2lawone who maintains fraudulent pleas: 
( 1276 )  qe nul [...] seit suppris ne achesoné par hoketours ou barettours par quei la verité ne seit suy  Stats i 44 vi
( 1347 )  puis sont venuz mals barettours par fauxe suggestion fait a la court [...]  Rot Parl1 ii 167
( 1380 )  feuront atteyntez barettours de leur maintenance  GAUNT2 i 130

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corrupt, venial: 
( 1275 )  & plusors foiz paié as Viscontes barretors  Stats i 31
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