n
a person who likes to watch other people when they are doing something private, for example when they are taking their clothes off or kissing someone. The phrase ‘Peeping Tom’ comes from the story of Lady Godiva , who rode through the streets naked. Everyone was told not to look at her, but one man, ‘Peeping Tom of Coventry’, did and he went blind:
He realized that he was watching the lovers like a common Peeping Tom.