lurcher meaning (obsolete): definition, etymology and quotations

lurcher

noun

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

Obsolete One who lurks or lies in wait; one who watches in order to rob or betray; a poacher.

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:

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

noun

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

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 laugh1591, John Lyly, Endymion: