losenger Meaning, Definition & Usage

Los"en*ger noun

Etymology

OF. losengier, losengeor, fr. losengier to deceive, flatter, losenge, flattery, Pr. lauzenga, fr. L. laus praise. Cf. Lozenge.

Definitions

1. 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.