USURER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does usurer mean? 

• USURER (noun)
  The noun USURER has 1 sense:

1. someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest

  Familiarity information: USURER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• USURER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

loan shark; moneylender; shylock; usurer

Hypernyms ("usurer" is a kind of...):

lender; loaner (someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters)

shark (a person who is ruthless and greedy and dishonest)

 Context examples 

"All right," the mollified usurer had replied.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Do you think I am a Jew-usurer, seeking good investment in land?

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)