Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Lecher

Lecher , noun

[Old English lechur, lechour, Old French lecheor, lecheur, gormand, glutton, libertine, parasite, from lechier to lick, French lécher; of Teutonic origin. See Lick.]

A man given to lewdness; one addicted, in an excessive degree, to the indulgence of sexual desire, or to illicit sexual relations with women; also called letch and lech.

Lecher , intransitive verb

To practice lewdness.