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usurer

English

Etymology

Anglo-Norman, from Old French usurier, Latin ?s?ra (“interest”).

Compare usurper and use

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?ju?????/, /?ju?zj???/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /?ju??????/, /?ju?????/

Noun

usurer (plural usurers)

  1. A person who loans money to others and charges interest, particularly at an illegal, exorbitant, or unfair rate.
    • 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 4:
      Profitless usurer, why dost thou use
      So great a sum of sums, yet canst not live?
    • 1936, Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind, chapter XLIII
      "You can go to the Carpetbag usurers if you want money."

Synonyms

  • banker, loan shark

Hyponyms

  • saraf (early modern Middle East & India), shroff (early modern India & SE Asia)

Related terms

  • usuress (rare)
  • usurial
  • usurious
  • usury

Translations

References

Anagrams

  • rusure

Middle English

Noun

usurer

  1. Alternative form of usurere

Swedish

Noun

usurer

  1. indefinite plural of usur

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unsurer

English

Adjective

unsurer

  1. comparative form of unsure: more unsure
    • 1892, Charles G. D. Roberts, "Bat, Bat, Come Under my Hat", in AVE! An Ode for the Shelley Centenary
      But if they had known, / Then had there been no mystery; / And Life had been poorer, / And laughter unsurer, / And the shadow of death securer

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