Los"en*ger (?), 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. [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.