Obs. Also 5–6 lecherour. [? f. LECHER sb.: see -ER1 3.] = LECHER sb.
c. 1380. Wyclif, Wks. (1880), 102. Ȝif þei meyntenen … leccherours of here owne meynne in here housholde.
1422. trans. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv., 230. Tho that haue rogh leggis bene lechureris.
1496. Dives & Paup. (W. de W., 1531), V. xix. 222/2. Yf a clerke saye that it is lefull to slee … lecherors … he is yrreguler.
1575. R. B., Appius & Virginia, D ij b. The Gods confound such lecherers.
1591. F. Sparry, trans. Cattan’s Geomancie, 36. He is … a glutton, a leacherer.
1605. Narr. Murthers Sir J. Fitz (1860), 11. A roysting drunkard is most commonly noted for an incontinent lecherer.
attrib. 1494. Fabyan, Chron., VI. ccx. 225. She hath … nempned her lecherour leman Goddes owne preest.
