lecher

American  

[lech-er] / ˈlɛtʃ ər /

noun

1. a man given to excessive sexual indulgence; a lascivious or licentious man.

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verb (used without object)

1. to engage in lechery.

lecher British  

/ ˈlɛtʃə /

noun

1. a promiscuous or lewd man

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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

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

Rembrandt Harmens van Rijn was no eccentric, no drunkard, no lecher, no misanthrope, no hermit, no seeker after scientific truth.

From Time Magazine Archive

The year's finest film, possibly a great one: Michelangelo Antonioni looks long and carefully, as if through a microscope, at the life of a lecher, at "the sickness unto death, which is despair."

From Time Magazine Archive

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

Solomon was one of the most honorable men of his age, but were he alive to-day he would be branded as a shameless lecher, a contumacious criminal.

From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 by Brann, William Cowper