lecher
- noun
- /ˈlɛtʃər/
- Offensive
- Everyone avoided him at the party, as he had the reputation of being a lecher.
- an old lecher
Examples
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She shook her head as if he were an elderly lecher, harmless but annoyingly persistent.
Fiction book (1993) -
He's a lecher.
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The wretched lecher, they call me.
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I want the lechers in government to have as little impact on my life as possible.
Blog text (7) -
Besides, I hear he's an old lecher.
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I'm not a lecher, even if I am a certified bachelor.
Fiction book (1991) -
When he refused my advances, I denounced him as a lecher.
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He is a lecher, milord.
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So far as O'Reilly could tell, everyone he passed in the hall or across campus, as he headed toward class, knew or thought they knew that O'Reilly was a lecher and a disgrace, and there was not one word he could utter, not a thing he could do, to change it.
Fiction book (1991) -
The old man was known as a lecher because of his inappropriate comments towards younger women.
Synonyms
A man who behaves in a rude, unwanted sexual way
A man who makes unwanted sexual comments or touches others
A man who wants sex a lot and acts in a rude way
A person, often a man, who behaves in a way that is rude about sex
A man who often has sex with many women, for example prostitutes
How Lecherous
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lecher comes from an old verb that meant 'to lick', and you can see the same simple idea in the English word lick as a memory hook. So a lecher today is someone who shows too much or offensive sexual desire.