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Lurcher

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who lurks or lies in wait; one who watches in order to rob or betray; a poacher. obsolete
  2. 2
    A glutton; a voracious eater obsolete

    "Is not loue a lurcher, that taketh mens stomacks away that they cannot eate, their Spleen that they cannot laugh"

  3. 3
    someone waiting in concealment wordnet
  4. 4
    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."

  5. 5
    A large nymphalid butterfly, Yoma sabina, of Australia and Asia.

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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