Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who breeds or incites to quarrels: as, “no tell-tale nor no breed-bate,”

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete One who breeds or originates quarrels.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete One who breeds or originates quarrels.

Etymologies

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breed +‎ bate

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