BALATRON

also BALATROON, BALLATRON

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ETYMOLOGY
from Latin balatrōnem (= blaterōnem) babbler, prater, buffoon

EXAMPLE
From: Plays
Written by the Late Ingenious Mrs. Behn
Volume IV, The Third Edition, 1724
Sir Patient Fancy. Act V. Scene I.
P., 83