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.

Words related to usurer

broker, manager, officer, financier, investor, dealer, banker, bank, merchant, tycoon, backer, speculator, entrepreneur, capitalist, operator, stockbroker, house, treasurer, croupier, teller

Words nearby usurer

usucapion, usufruct, usufructuary, usumacinta, usumbura, usurer, usurious, usurp, usurpation, usury, usw

Origin of usurer

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

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Examples from the Web for usurer

An anonymous modern wood-cut of Death seizing a usurer, over whom another Death is throwing a counterpane.
The Dance of Death|Francis Douce
At this propitious time of public distress did Tom Walker set up as usurer in Boston.
Devil Stories|Various
We can readily imagine why the usurer did not take that road after dark.
Sons of the Soil|Honore de Balzac
This is the sin of the usurer, the bodger, and the tyrannous landlord, and of this bad trinity the last is the worst.
The Agrarian Problem in the Sixteenth Century|Richard Henry Tawney

In the old days the usurer used his own name, now they cull the peerage for the most historical they can find.
London in the Sixties|One of the Old Brigade

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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