moneylender
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of moneylender
1775–85; money + lender ( def. )
Example Sentences
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When Atul passed the exam, his father asked for help from a local moneylender.
From BBC • Oct. 3, 2024
Shocked by their beloved aunt’s death, they must come together for the raucous funeral to honor Cambotown’s biggest moneylender.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 21, 2023
In a sense you could see all of those pamphlets explaining the system as a way of saying, it's not just the moneylender who's responsible for all your woes.
From Salon • Sep. 14, 2023
“The essential nature of art is freedom,” said the Oscar-winning actor F. Murray Abraham, whose many credits include Shylock, the Jewish moneylender of Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice,” though Mr. Abraham is not Jewish.
From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2022
Second, he made his main moneylender from Rome a top adviser.
From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby
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