[ noun ] man with strong sexual desires <noun.person>
Lecher \Lech"er\, n. [OE. lechur, lechour, OF. lecheor, lecheur, gormand, glutton, libertine, parasite, fr. lechier to lick, F. l['e]cher; of Teutonic origin. See {Lick}.] A man given to lewdness; one addicted, in an excessive degree, to the indulgence of sexual desire, or to illicit sexual relations with women; also called {letch} and {lech}.
Lecher \Lech"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lechered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lechering}.] To practice lewdness.
Mr. Ford leaves it to the glib lecher who seduces Mom to provide the novel's attempts at insight into her behavior. "Sometimes you have to do the wrong thing just to know you're alive," he says.