Masher
[mash-er] /ˈmæʃ ər/
noun
1.
a person or thing that .
[mash-er] /ˈmæʃ ər/
noun, Slang.
1.
a man who makes advances, especially to women he does not know, with a view to physical intimacy.
n.
“thing that mashes,” c.1500, agent noun from mash (v.). Meaning “would-be lady-killer” is from 1875, American English, perhaps in use from 1860, probably from mash (v.) on notion either of “pressing one’s attentions,” or of “crushing someone else’s emotions” (cf. crush).
He was, to use a Western expression, a ‘regular heart-smasher among the women; and it may not be improper to state, just here, that no one had a more exalted opinion of his capabilities in that line than the aforesaid ‘Jo’ himself. [“Harper’s New Monthly Magazine,” March 1861]
He had a weakness to be considered a regular masher of female hearts and a very wicked young man with the fair sex generally, but there was not a well-authenticated instance of his ever having broken a heart in his life, nor likely to be one. [Gilbert A. Pierce, “Zachariah, The Congressman,” Chicago, 1880]
Also in use late 19c were mash (n.) “a romantic fixation, crush” (1884); mash (v.) “excite sentimental admiration” (1882); mash-note “love letter” (1890).
noun
A man who habitually makes sexual approaches to women; lady-killer, wolf (1875+)
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