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champertor

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cham-per-tor
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One guilty of champerty; one who purchases a suit, or the right of suing, and carries it on at his or her own expense, in order to obtain a share of the gain.

Etymology

From French champarteur (“a divider of fields or field rent”). See champerty.

Inflected Forms

champertors (plural)

Questions

What does champertor mean?
One guilty of champerty; one who purchases a suit, or the right of suing, and carries it on at his or her own expense, in order to obtain a share of the gain.
Where does champertor come from?
From French champarteur (“a divider of fields or field rent”). See champerty.

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