lecher
Americannoun
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a man given to excessive sexual indulgence; a lascivious or licentious man.
verb (used without object)
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to engage in lechery.
noun
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a promiscuous or lewd man
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
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
Rembrandt Harmens van Rijn was no eccentric, no drunkard, no lecher, no misanthrope, no hermit, no seeker after scientific truth.
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
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