usurer

[ yoo-zher-er ]

/ ˈyu ʒər ər /

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noun

a person who lends money and charges interest, especially at an exorbitant or unlawful rate; moneylender.

Obsolete. a person who lends money at interest.

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Origin of usurer

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

Words nearby usurer

usucapion, usufruct, usufructuary, Usumacinta, Usumbura, usurer, usurious, usurp, usurpation, usurped, usurper

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How to use usurer in a sentence

U was an Usurer, a miserable elf; V was a Vintner, who drank all himself.
Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17)|Various
Here he plainly heard the screams redoubled, and, as he thought, the sounds came from the usurer's apartment.
The Fortunes of Nigel|Sir Walter Scott
Well, I found the usurer just coming out of the great western entrance, heathen as he is, looking as pious as a pilgrim.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 442|Various
The festivities last a long time; at intervals the voices of women can be heard outside hurling curses at the usurer.
Contemporary Russian Novelists|Serge Persky

Particularly the base usurer who is allowed to get the unhappy Christian into his clutches nine times out of ten?
The Sorrows of Satan|Marie Corelli

British Dictionary definitions for usurer

usurer

/ (ˈjuːʒərə) /

noun

a person who lends funds at an exorbitant rate of interest

obsolete a moneylender

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