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BNC: 41643 COCA: 34330

usurer

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
usurer /ˈjuːʒɚrɚ/ noun
plural usurers
usurer
/ˈjuːʒɚrɚ/
noun
plural usurers
Learner's definition of USURER
[count] formal + disapproving
: a person who lends money and requires the borrower to pay a high amount of interest放高利贷者
BNC: 41643 COCA: 34330

usurer

noun

usu·​rer ˈyü-zhər-ər How to pronounce usurer (audio)
ˈyüzh-rər
: one that lends money especially at an exorbitant rate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web And so the stereotype of the Jewish usurer first appears. Sara Lipton, The New York Review of Books, 17 June 2019 On Cordray’s watch, the CFPB won more than $12 billion in settlements for the victims of usurers like this. Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, 24 Jan. 2018 Jews never belong enough anywhere to avoid vilification as parasites, vultures, usurers and traitors. Roger Cohen, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2017

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of usurer was in the 14th century
BNC: 41643 COCA: 34330

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