What does lecher mean?

Definitions for lecher
ˈlɛtʃ ərlech·er

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. satyr, lecher, lech, letchnoun

    man with strong sexual desires

Wiktionary

  1. lechernoun

    A lecherous man.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. LECHERnoun

    A whoremaster.

    Etymology: Derived by Stephen Skinner from luxure, old French: luxuria is used in the middle ages in the same sense.

    I will now take the leacher; he’s at my house; he cannot ’scape me. William Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor.

    You, like a letcher, out of whorish loins
    Are pleas’d to breed out your inheritors. William Shakespeare.

    The lecher soon transforms his mistress; now
    In Io’s place appears a lovely cow. Dryden.

    The sleepy leacher shuts his little eyes,
    About his churning chaps the frothy bubbles rise. Dryden.

    She yields her charms
    To that fair letcher, the strong god of arms. Alexander Pope, Odys.

  2. To Lecherverb

    To whore.

    Etymology: from the noun.

    Die for adultery? no. The wren goes to’t, and the small gilded fly does letcher in my sight. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

    Gut eats all day, and letchers all the night. Ben Jonson.

ChatGPT

  1. lecher

    A lecher is typically an individual, often a man, who engages in excessive sexual indulgence, shows excessive or offensive sexual desire, or behaves in a lewd or lascivious manner. This term generally carries a negative connotation and is used to describe someone who is lustful or promiscuous.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Lechernoun

    a man given to lewdness; one addicted, in an excessive degree, to the indulgence of sexual desire, or to illicit commerce with women

  2. Lecherverb

    to practice lewdness

  3. Etymology: [OE. lechur, lechour, OF. lecheor, lecheur, gormand, glutton, libertine, parasite, fr. lechier to lick, F. lcher; of Teutonic origin. See Lick.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Lecher

    lech′ėr, n. a man addicted to lewdness.—v.i. to practise lewdness.—adj. Lech′erous, lustful: provoking lust.—adv. Lech′erously.—ns. Lech′erousness, Lech′ery. [O. Fr. lecheorlecher, to lick; from Old High Ger. lechón, Ger. lecken, Eng. lick.]

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. LECHER

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Lecher is ranked #30916 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Lecher surname appeared 752 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Lecher.

    95.2% or 716 total occurrences were White.
    2.1% or 16 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    1.7% or 13 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of lecher in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of lecher in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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