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noun
1.
a person who lends money and charges interest, especially at an exorbitant or unlawful rate; moneylender.
2.
Obsolete. a person who lends money at interest.
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usurer
late 13c., from O.Fr. usurier, from M.L. usurarius "usurer," from L. adj. usurarius "pertaining to interest," from usura (see usury).
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