Obs. rare. [ad. L. balatrōn-em (= blaterōnem) babbler, prater, buffoon.] A buffoon, a contemptible fellow.
1623. Cockeram, Ballatron, a rascally base knaue.
1678. Mrs. Behn, Sir P. Fancy, V. i. 303. The affront this Balatroon has offer’d me.
