What is a synonym for "toucher"?

Common synonyms include: affect, allude to, beneficiary, cite, contact, cutaneous perception.

Toucher

noun

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Noun

1
One who touches.
"We just twist up Chancery-lane, and cut along Holborn, and there we are in four minutes time, as near as a toucher."
2
a person who causes or allows a part of the body to come in contact with someone or something wordnet
3
A ball lying in contact with the jack.
4
A toucha; one who tries to get something out of others for nothing in return. Geordie, derogatory

"We just twist up Chancery-lane, and cut along Holborn, and there we are in four minutes time, as near as a toucher."

From Middle English toucher, equivalent to touch + -er. Sense 3 is derived from the sense of touching someone for money.