lecher
Americannoun
verb (used without object)
noun
Etymology
Origin of lecher
1125–75; Middle English lech ( o ) ur < Anglo-French; Old French lecheor glutton, libertine, equivalent to lech ( ier ) to lick (< Germanic; compare Old High German leccōn to lick ) + -eor -or 2
Example Sentences
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The inherent pleasure of the pastime is captured in the French term lecher les vitrines, literally, “licking the window glass.”
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
What gives him nobility and heroism, what defines him as not simply a lecher but a rebel against God, is Mozart's music.
From Time Magazine Archive
Rembrandt Harmens van Rijn was no eccentric, no drunkard, no lecher, no misanthrope, no hermit, no seeker after scientific truth.
From Time Magazine Archive
Unknightliest of knights, a "tun of a man," a "huge bombard of sack"�guzzler, lecher, liar, braggart, coward, thief�he is like some centrifugal force overcoming gravitation.
From Time Magazine Archive
Edouard was a lecher and a slob, and I have no doubt he got everything he deserved, but we have no notion who killed him.
From The Eyes Have It by Garrett, Randall
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