lecher (noun)

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• lecher — ► NOUN ▪ a lecherous man. DERIVATIVES lechery noun …   English terms dictionary

• lecher — noun 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 Date: 13th century a man who engages in lechery …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• lecher — (n.) man given to excessive sexual indulgence, late 12c., from O.Fr. lecheor (Mod.Fr. lécheur) one living a life of debauchery, especially one given to sexual indulgence, lit. licker, agent noun from lechier to lick, to live in debauchery or… …   Etymology dictionary

• lecher — noun her blind date turned out to be a lecher Syn: lecherous man, libertine, womanizer, debauchee, rake, roué, profligate, wanton; Don Juan, Casanova, Lothario, Romeo; informal lech, dirty old man, (old) goat, wolf, skirt chaser; archaic… …   Thesaurus of popular words

• lecher — noun A lecherous man …   Wiktionary

• lecher — noun (C) an insulting word for a man who is always thinking about sex or trying to get sexual pleasure …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• lecher wires — ˈleḵə(r) noun plural Usage: usually capitalized L Etymology: after Ernst Lecher died 1926 Austrian physicist : a pair of parallel wires so adjusted in length that the frequency of an electromagnetic wave may be determined from the position of… …   Useful english dictionary

• lecher — UK [ˈletʃə(r)] / US [ˈletʃər] noun [countable] Word forms lecher : singular lecher plural lechers a man who behaves in an unpleasant way that shows that he is sexually interested in someone …   English dictionary

• lecher wires — /ˈlɛkə waɪəz/ (say lekuh wuyuhz) plural noun parallel wires of such length and terminations that the system will resonate (i.e., standing waves will appear) if the frequency of the excitation is correct. {named after Ernst Lecher, 1856–1926,… …  

• lecher — [ lɛtʃə] noun a lecherous man. Derivatives lechery noun …   English new terms dictionary

• lecher — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. roué, rake, profligate, satyr, le[t]ch (sl.). See impurity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. debauchee, debaucher, reprobate, libertine, adulterer, philanderer, rake, Don Juan, Casanova, playboy, swinger,… …   English dictionary for students