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Webster 1913 Edition
Usurer
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
. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Usurer
U'SURER
,Noun.
1.
Formerly, a person who lent money and took interest for it.2.
In present usage, one who lends money at a rate of interest beyond the rate established by law.Definition 2025
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English
Noun
usurer (plural usurers)
- A person who loans money to others and charges interest, particularly at an illegal, exorbitant, or unfair rate.
- 1936, Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind, chapter XLIII
- "You can go to the Carpetbag usurers if you want money."
- 1936, Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind, chapter XLIII
- (rare) Specifically, a male usurer.
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one who loans money at exorbitant interest rates
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