Definition of Lurcher

1. Noun. Someone waiting in concealment.

Exact synonyms: Lurker, Skulker
Generic synonyms: Waiter
Derivative terms: Lurk, Lurk, Skulk

Definition of Lurcher

1. n. One that lurches or lies in wait; one who watches to pilfer, or to betray or entrap; a poacher.

2. n. A glutton; a gormandizer.

Definition of Lurcher

1. Noun. A type of crossbreed dog ? a cross between a sighthound and any other breed or the offspring of such crosses. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lurcher

1. one that lurks or prowls [n -S]

Medical Definition of Lurcher

1. 1. One that lurches or lies in wait; one who watches to pilfer, or to betray or entrap; a poacher. 2. One of a mongrel breed of dogs said to have been a cross between the sheep dog, greyhound, and spaniel. It hunts game silently, by scent, and is often used by poachers. See: Lurch to lurk. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lurcher

lupus pernio
lupus profundus
lupus sebaceus
lupus serpiginosus
lupus superficialis
lupus tuberculosus
lupus verrucosus
lupus vulgaris
lupuses
lur
lura
lural
lurasidone
lurch
lurched
lurcher (current term)
lurchers
lurches
lurching
lurchingly
lurchings
lurdan
lurdane
lurdanes
lurdans
lurden
lurdens
lure
lured
lurer

Literary usage of Lurcher

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anecdotes of Dogs by Edward Jesse (1858)
"THE lurcher. This variety is smaller than the greyhound, with its limbs .stronger ... The lurcher is supposed to have been originally a cross between the ..."

2. Days of Deer-stalking in the Scottish Highlands: Including an Account of the by William Scrope (1883)
"... with Gaelic admonitions, others holding the rough lurcher in the leash, and tugging him back rudely as he tried to get a lick of the blood-stained deer. ..."

3. The Farmer's Encyclopædia, and Dictionary of Rural Affairs: Embracing All by Cuthbert William Johnson (1844)
"lurcher. A sort of hunting dog, much I like a mongrel greyhound, with pricked ears, ja shaggy coat, and generally of a yellowish- white colour. ..."

4. Sporting Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02751662] (1822)
"A man may keep a lurcher to guard his house, or a greyhound for the amusement of his children ; and would he therefore be liable to an action ? ..."

5. Dogdom: Monthly (1920)
""John, here's a man who wants me to write about the lurcher ! ... There isn'ta lurcher in America ; but there's no reason why there shouldn't be. ..."

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