as in womanizer
a man given to seducing women
the biography portrays the star as a dishonest and uncouth lecher
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Recent Examples of lecher
Released on March 24, 1971, the conceptual song cycle of a poetic middle-aged lecher crashing his Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost and subsequently romancing the teenage Nelson, profoundly impacted everyone from Beck to Air, Portishead to Pulp.
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Washington Post,
19 Mar. 2021
The bawdy comic story lines are well-performed, most prominently by Brian Ibsen as the pompous lecher, Lucio.
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Philip Brandes,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Oct. 2019
The Barber of Seville Cinnabar Theater presents Rossini’s romantic comedy opera about a savvy young woman must outsmart a pompous old lecher who stands between her and her true love.
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SFChronicle.com,
18 June 2019
Initially, a number of people complained to Traubel’s mother that her son shouldn’t associate with such an old lecher, but Traubel volunteered to run errands for the increasingly infirm Whitman.
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Brenda Wineapple,
The New York Review of Books,
18 Apr. 2019
Melnik was a mocker and an unbeliever, a lecher, a contrary creature.
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Ben Taub,
The New Yorker,
30 Apr. 2018
All of a sudden women recoiled, the ethos tilted, and now the tumbrel is moving briskly through Hollywood, Silicon Valley, Capitol Hill, and beyond, carrying lechers, perverts, and boors into job-threatening disgrace.
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Alessandra Stanley,
Town & Country,
3 Jan. 2018
Defending an inveterate liar, lecher, and abuser is trickier than speaking for Jesus.
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William Saletan,
Slate Magazine,
19 Oct. 2017
Washington Post,
19 Mar. 2021
The bawdy comic story lines are well-performed, most prominently by Brian Ibsen as the pompous lecher, Lucio.
—
Philip Brandes,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Oct. 2019
The Barber of Seville Cinnabar Theater presents Rossini’s romantic comedy opera about a savvy young woman must outsmart a pompous old lecher who stands between her and her true love.
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SFChronicle.com,
18 June 2019
Initially, a number of people complained to Traubel’s mother that her son shouldn’t associate with such an old lecher, but Traubel volunteered to run errands for the increasingly infirm Whitman.
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Brenda Wineapple,
The New York Review of Books,
18 Apr. 2019
Melnik was a mocker and an unbeliever, a lecher, a contrary creature.
—
Ben Taub,
The New Yorker,
30 Apr. 2018
All of a sudden women recoiled, the ethos tilted, and now the tumbrel is moving briskly through Hollywood, Silicon Valley, Capitol Hill, and beyond, carrying lechers, perverts, and boors into job-threatening disgrace.
—
Alessandra Stanley,
Town & Country,
3 Jan. 2018
Defending an inveterate liar, lecher, and abuser is trickier than speaking for Jesus.
—
William Saletan,
Slate Magazine,
19 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lecher
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Cohen plays Damien Sachs, a womanizer who wakes up in a parallel universe dominated by women.
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Past friends and former associates described him to me as an exceptionally cunning con man, a consummate charmer, and a womanizer.
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Itineraries guide food-lovers to Breyðvirkið, the Faroe Islands’ sole artisanal sourdough bakery, renowned for its exceptional coffee and its ‘BMO’ (bolle med ost), a classic Scandinavian breakfast of a fresh sourdough bun with butter and cheese.
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These thin sheets of lead containing scratches of supernatural desires were used to sway a court case, target a rival, or even a lover, as per Archaeology News.
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“Lecher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lecher. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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