makebate

[ meyk-beyt ]
/ ˈmeɪkˌbeɪt /

noun Archaic.

a person who causes contention or discord.

Origin of makebate

1520–30; make1 + bate contention, discord (Middle English, derivative of baten to fight, strive; see bate2)

Example sentences from the Web for makebate

  • But after all he pays well that pays with gold; and Mike Lambourne was never a makebate, or a spoil-sport, or the like.

    Kenilworth |Sir Walter Scott
  • Barillon was therefore directed to act, with all possible precautions against detection, the part of a makebate.