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lurcher en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

From lurch + -er. See lurch (“to lurk, lie in wait”).

Meanings

1. (obsolete) One who lurks or lies in wait; one who watches in order to rob or betray; a poacher.
2. A type of crossbreed dog ― a cross between a sighthound and any other breed or the offspring of such crosses.
   • “Since we are both obsessed with our dogs” — Ms. Muir has a whippet; Ms. Osborne, a lurcher — “we thought we’d try pets,” she said. 2009 February 5, Penelope Green, “New Book Offers Knitted Projects for Pets”, in New York Times:
3. A large nymphalid butterfly, Yoma sabina, of Australia and Asia.

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lurcher en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

From Latin lurco, lurcho (“a glutton”). See lurch.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) A glutton; a voracious eater
   • Is not loue a lurcher, that taketh mens stomacks away that they cannot eate, their Spleen that they cannot laugh 1591, John Lyly, Endymion:

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