Lōs'en-ger, n.

n. [O. Fr. losengier, losengeor, losangier, Fr. lauzengier, lauzengador, Sp. lisongero, losongero, It. lusinghiere, a deceiver, flatterer, praiser; O. Fr. losenger, Fr. lauzengar, Sp. lisonjar, It. lusingare, to deceive, to flatter; O. Fr. losenge, Fr. lauzenga, Sp. lisonja, It. lusinga, deceit, flattery, from Lat. laudare, Fr. lauzar, to praise.] A flatterer; a deceiver. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To a fair pair of gallows, there to end their lives with shame, as a number of such other losengers had done before them. Holinshed.