usurer, loan shark, moneylender, shylock
(noun) someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest
Source: WordNet® 3.1
usurer (plural usurers)
A person who loans money to others and charges interest, particularly at an illegal, exorbitant, or unfair rate.
(rare) Specifically, a male usurer.
• banker, loan shark
• saraf (early modern Middle East & India), shroff (early modern India & SE Asia)
• rusure
Source: Wiktionary
U"su*rer, n. Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 March 2025
(adjective) without care or thought for others; “the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; ‘Let them eat cake’”
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