Meanings
lecher1
plural lechers · alternative obsolete leachour · alternative obsolete leacher
- A lecherous person: someone given to excessive sexual activity or debauchery.
The comedies work in very obvious ways to feminize this socially-ominous triad of young fops, old lechers, and greedy businessmen.
2000, Deborah Payne Fisk, The Cambridge Companion to English Restoration Theatre, page 202
present singular third person lechers · participle present lechering · participle past lechered · past lechered · alternative obsolete leachour · alternative obsolete leacher
- To practice lewdness.
Lecher2
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
lecher · noun, verb
- Proto-Indo-European*leyǵʰ-“to lick”
- Proto-Germanic*likkōną“to lick”
- Frankish*likkōn“to lick”
- Old Frenchlecher
- Old Frenchlecheor“glutton, sensualist, libertine”
- Middle Englishlechour
- Englishlecher
From Middle English lechour, from Old French lecheor (“glutton, sensualist, libertine”) , from Old French lecher, lechier, lekier, lescher (“to lick, live in gluttony or sensuality”), from Old Frankish *likkōn (“to lick”), from Proto-Germanic *likkōną (“to lick”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ- (“to lick”). More at lick.
More words from Middle English, Old French, Frankish
Full word history & related roots →Lecher · proper noun
Americanized German surname, from Löcher, Locher.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian развратник
- развратник (razvratnik)a lecherous person
Chinese Mandarin 色鬼, 登徒子
- 色鬼 (sèguǐ)a lecherous person
- 登徒子 (dēngtúzǐ)a lecherous person
- 好色之徒 (hàosèzhītú)a lecherous person
- 色狼 (sèláng)a lecherous person
Dutch geilaard, rasversierder
- geilaarda lecherous person
- rasversierdera lecherous person
- schuinsmarcheerdera lecherous person
Finnish irstailija, pukki
- irstailijaa lecherous person
- pukkia lecherous person
- häntäheikkia lecherous person
- hamesankaria lecherous person
- naistenmiesa lecherous person
French pervers, porc
- perversa lecherous person
- porca lecherous person
- obsédéa lecherous person
German Lüstling, Wüstling
- Lüstlinga lecherous person
- Wüstlinga lecherous person
- Lustmolcha lecherous person
Icelandic saurlífisseggur
- saurlífisseggura lecherous person
Italian mandrillo, pervertito
- mandrilloa lecherous person
- pervertitoa lecherous person
- depravatoa lecherous person
- libertinoa lecherous person
Japanese 助け平
- 助け平a lecherous person
Latin sellārius
- sellāriusa lecherous person
Portuguese depravado, devasso
- depravadoa lecherous person
- devassoa lecherous person
Russian развра́тник, развра́тница
- развра́тник (razvrátnik)a lecherous person
- развра́тница (razvrátnica)a lecherous person
- блудни́к (bludník)a lecherous person
- блудни́ца (bludníca)a lecherous person
- распу́тник (raspútnik)a lecherous person
- распу́тница (raspútnica)a lecherous person
Spanish lascivo, libidinoso
- lascivoa lecherous person
- libidinosoa lecherous person
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with lecher
All rhymes →Cite this entry
lecher. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lecher
“lecher.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lecher. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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