[f. KISS v. + -ER1.] One who kisses; the giver of a kiss; slang the mouth.
1537. Latimer, Serm. bef. Convoc., D j b. Some brought forth … pedaries for pilgrimes, some oscularies, for kyssers.
1552. Huloet, Kysser, basiator, osculator.
a. 1625. Fletcher, Love’s Cure, II. i. A kisser of men, in drunkenness, and a betrayer in sobriety.
1788. Ld. Auckland, Diary, in Corr. (1861), II. 88. Everybody kissed everybody’s hands … there were 335 kissers, and eight that were kissed.
1832. L. Hunt, Poems, 169. Kissers of flow’rs, lords of the golden bowl.
1860. Hydraulic Press, 9 June, 1/6. What is meant by … ‘letting go his right on the kisser and drawing the carmine.’
