also: こうしょっかん
noun
lecher; womanizer; skirt-chaser
A somewhat old-fashioned or literary term for a man who is lecherous or overly fond of women.
彼は好色漢として近所で有名だった。
He was known around the neighborhood as a lecher.
Compound of 好色 (kōshoku, 'lechery') and 漢 (kan, 'man'). The geminated variant 好色っ漢 (kōshokkan) is a colloquial contraction.