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usurer |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Usurer \U"su*rer\, n. [F. usurier, LL usurarius. See {Usury}, and cf {Usurarious}.] 1. One who lends money and takes interest for it a money lender. [Obs.] 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. 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. He was wont to call me usurer. --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: usurer n : someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest [syn: {loan shark}, {shark}, {moneylender}]
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