moneylender
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of moneylender
1775–85; money + lender ( def. )
Example Sentences
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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
"But what I would say to people is that no matter how difficult it is, please don't use a local moneylender, because it really is jumping out of the frying pan into the fire."
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2022
He remembers lines, too, that have been stored in his brain ever since — like the “Hath not a Jew eyes” speech, in which his character, the moneylender Shylock, asserts his own humanity.
From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2022
It was roughly four times what even the most avaricious moneylender would charge.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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