'Usurer' definitions:

Definition of 'usurer'

From: WordNet
noun
Someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest [syn: usurer, loan shark, moneylender, shylock]

Definition of 'Usurer'

From: GCIDE
  • Usurer \U"su*rer\, n. [F. usurier, LL. usurarius. See Usury, and cf. Usurarious.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. One who lends money and takes interest for it; a money lender. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as a usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury. --Ex. xxii. 25. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. One who lends money at a rate of interest beyond that established by law; one who exacts an exorbitant rate of interest for the use of money. [1913 Webster]
  • He was wont to call me usurer. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

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