lurcher

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

lurcher (plural lurchers)

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.
   • 2009 February 5, Penelope Green, “New Book Offers Knitted Projects for Pets”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     “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.

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

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

lurcher (plural lurchers)

1. (obsolete) A glutton; a voracious eater
   • 1591, John Lyly, Endymion:

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

• “lurcher”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• OED second edition (1989)

From English lurcher.

• IPA^(key): /ˈløːtʃer/, [ˈlø̞ːt̪ʃe̞r]
• Rhymes: -øːtʃer

lurcher

1. lurcher (dog)

lurcher

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of lurchō