usurer
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 6
- Words With Friends
- 8
- Letters
- 6
/ˈjuːʒəɹə/
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/ˈjuːʒəɹə/ · /ˈjuːzjəɹə/ · /ˈjuːʒəɹəɹ/ · /ˈjuːʒɹəɹ/
Definition of usurer
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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A person who loans money to others and charges interest, particularly at an exorbitant, exploitative, or illegal rate.
“Profitless usurer, why dost thou use So great a sum of sums, yet canst not live?”
“"You can go to the Carpetbag usurers if you want money."”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Anglo-Norman, from Old French usurier, Latin ūsūra (“interest”).
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