usurer

[ yoo-zher-er ]
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noun
  1. a person who lends money and charges interest, especially at an exorbitant or unlawful rate; moneylender.

  2. Obsolete. a person who lends money at interest.

Origin of usurer

1
1250–1300; Middle English <Anglo-French <Medieval Latin ūsūrārius, equivalent to ūsūr(ia) usury + Latin -ārius-ary

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British Dictionary definitions for usurer

usurer

/ (ˈjuːʒərə) /


noun
  1. a person who lends funds at an exorbitant rate of interest

  2. obsolete a moneylender

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