Third person singular present tense of banter; engages in playful teasing conversation.
From 'banter' with standard '-s' conjugation for third person singular.
In Shakespeare's time, 'banters' would have sounded cutting-edge — it's a relatively new word that entered English around the 1600s-1700s, possibly from fighting terminology.
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