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CIDE DICTIONARY

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

A flatterer; a deceiver; a cozener. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

"To a fair pair of gallows, there to end their lives with shame, as a number of such other losengers had done." [1913 Webster]