Loanmonger

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A dealer in, or negotiator of, loans.

    "Teach us, that wealth is not elegance; that profusion is not magnificence; and that splendour is not beauty. Teach us, that taste is a talisman, which can do greater wonders than the millions of the loan-monger."

Example

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"Teach us, that wealth is not elegance; that profusion is not magnificence; and that splendour is not beauty. Teach us, that taste is a talisman, which can do greater wonders than the millions of the loan-monger."

Etymology

From loan + monger.

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