'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]