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But what? should a doctor be a dictator? or a proctor a prater?

From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George

And yet--the prater Vanity once more, you see: but I will let him speak out this time.

From Jane Talbot by Brown, Charles Brockden

"As yet," said the ecclesiastic, "I take you rather 200 for a prater than for a liar; but I know not what I shall next take you for."

From Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote by Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de

This young woman might talk politics, thought her new friend; no male man would call her prater, while she bore herself with that air.

From The Testing of Diana Mallory by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

And, after that, the worthy prater Aspires to be a legislator; Dreams of St. Stephen's, where he sees Himself hobnobbing with M.P.'s.

From Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Holmes, Daniel Turner