English Explanatory Dictionary

champertor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

champertor champertors

Etymology

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

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