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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.