lecher

noun

lech·​er ˈle-chər How to pronounce lecher (audio)
: a man who engages in lechery

Examples of lecher in a Sentence

the biography portrays the star as a dishonest and uncouth lecher
Recent Examples on the Web 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. 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 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. 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

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Word History

Etymology

Middle English lechour, from Anglo-French lechur, from lecher to lick, live in debauchery, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German leckōn to lick — more at lick

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of lecher was in the 13th century

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Cite this Entry

“Lecher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lecher. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.

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