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
“You can take this to any moneylender on either side of the river,” she said cheerfully as she handed it to me.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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