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usurer

[ yoo-zher-er ]

/ ˈyu ʒər ər /

noun

a person who lends money and charges interest, especially at an exorbitant or unlawful rate; moneylender.

Obsolete. a person who lends money at interest.

Origin of usurer

1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French < Medieval Latin ūsūrārius, equivalent to ūsūr(ia) usury + Latin -ārius -ary

Words nearby usurer

usucapion, usufruct, usufructuary, usumacinta, usumbura, usurer, usurious, usurp, usurpation, usury, usw

Example sentences from the Web for usurers

During the thirteenth century the severities against the usurers were not relaxed.

Usury |Calvin Elliott
There are 120 Armenians, who make wine and arak, and are usurers, and gold and silver smiths.

Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) |Isabella L. Bird
There was a great rush of usurers to place their money with the crown as a perpetual loan at that rate of increase.

Usury |Calvin Elliott
A whole host of usurers swoop down upon the villages, multiplying as the wretchedness of the peasants increases.

The Conquest of Bread |Peter Kropotkin

If you had been wise you would have made us all cheating shop-keepers, chicken thieves, or usurers.

The Bee-Man of Orn and Other Fanciful Tales |Frank R. Stockton

British Dictionary definitions for usurers

usurer

/ (ˈjuːʒərə) /

noun

a person who lends funds at an exorbitant rate of interest

obsolete a moneylender