Etymology

toucher

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Today it means: One who touches. Full definition →

Middle English toucher
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromtoucher
  2. English todaytoucher

From Middle English toucher, equivalent to touch + -er. Sense 3 is derived from the sense of touching someone for money.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.