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Webster 1913 Edition

Losenger

Los′en-ger

,
Noun.
[OF.
losengier
,
losengeor
, fr.
losengier
to deceive, flatter,
losenge
, flattery, Pr.
lauzenga
, fr. L.
laus
praise. Cf.
Lozenge
.]
A flatterer; a deceiver; a cozener.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
To a fair pair of gallows, there to end their lives with shame, as a number of such other
losengers
had done.
Holinshed.

Webster 1828 Edition

Losenger

LOS'ENGER

,
Noun.
a deceiver. Obs.

Definition 2024

losenger

losenger

English

Noun

losenger ‎(plural losengers)

  1. (obsolete) A flatterer; a deceiver; a cozener.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
    To a fair pair of gallows, there to end their lives with shame, as a number of such other losengers had done. — Holinshed.

Etymology

Old French losengier, losengeor, from losengier ‎(“to deceive, flatter”), losenge ‎(“flattery”), flattery, Occitan lauzenga, from Latin laus praise. Compare lozenge.

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