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单词 pettifactor
释义

pettifactorn.

Forms: 1500s–1600s petifactor.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: petty adj., factor n.
Etymology: < petty adj. + factor n. Compare earlier pettifogger n.1
Obsolete. rare.
Probably: a legal practitioner who undertakes small cases. Cf. pettifogger n.1
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society > law > legal profession > lawyer > [noun] > legal representative or agent > other legal agents
pettifactor1586
suit-broker1632
literary executor1797
paralegal1969
1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 92 Thereby, the number of pleaders and petifactors be so far increased that although the common-wealth is wonderfully torn with the litigiousnes of clyents notwithstanding their purchase is not worth their rent.
1633 T. Nash Quaternio 41 How difficult a thing it is for a petifactor to rayse himselfe, without a great deale of jugling and false-dealing.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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