Usurer

//ˈjuːʒəɹə//

Synonyms for "usurer" (7 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(1 words)
loan shark

Strong matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
bankermoneylender

Related words (3)

Noun(1 words)
shylock

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Related terms

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is a

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Translations

93 translations across 41 languages.

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Armenian

1 entries
  • վաշխառու noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • müamiləçi noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)
  • sələmçi noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • ліхвя́р noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)
  • ліхвя́рка noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)
  • працэ́нтшчык noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)
  • працэ́нтшчыца noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • лихва́р noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)
  • лихва́рка noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 高利貸 /高利贷 noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)

Czech

3 entries
  • lichvář noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)
  • lichvářka noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)
  • úžerník noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)

Danish

1 entries
  • ågerkarl noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)

Dutch

2 entries
  • woekeraar noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)
  • woekeraarster noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • procentegistino noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)
  • procentegisto noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)
  • procentegulino noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)
  • procentegulo noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)

Finnish

1 entries
  • koronkiskuri noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)

French

2 entries
  • usurier noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)
  • usurière noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)

Galician

2 entries
  • usureira noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)
  • usureiro noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)

Georgian

1 entries
  • მევახშე noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)

German

4 entries
  • Kredithai noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)
  • Wucherer noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)
  • Wucherin noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)
  • Zinswucherer noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)

Greek

1 entries
  • τοκογλύφος noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • uzsorás noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • rentenir noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)

Italian

4 entries
  • strozzina noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)
  • strozzino noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)
  • usuraia noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)
  • usuraio noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 高利貸し noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)

Korean

1 entries
  • 고리대금업자 noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)

Latin

2 entries
  • danista noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)
  • toculiō noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • лихвар noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)
  • лихварка noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)

Malay

1 entries
  • ceti noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)

Māori

1 entries
  • kaiwhakatuputupu moni noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • ågerkar noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)
  • ågerkarl noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • ågerkar noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • فائضجی noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)

Polish

2 entries
  • lichwiarka noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)
  • lichwiarz noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • agiota noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)
  • usureiro noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)
  • usurário noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)

Romanian

3 entries
  • cămătar noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)
  • cămătăreasă noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)
  • uzurar noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)

Russian

4 entries
  • проце́нтщик noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)
  • проце́нтщица noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)
  • ростовщи́к noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)
  • ростовщи́ца noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • lȉhvarica noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)
  • lȉhvār noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)
  • ли̏хва̄р noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)
  • ли̏хварица noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)

Slovak

2 entries
  • úžerník noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)
  • úžerníčka noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)

Slovene

2 entries
  • oderuh noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)
  • oderuhinja noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)

Spanish

2 entries
  • usurera noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)
  • usurero noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)

Swahili

1 entries
  • mlariba noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)

Swedish

1 entries
  • ockrare noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • buwaya sa katihan noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)
  • buwayang-lubog noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)

Turkish

2 entries
  • murabahacı noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)
  • tefeci noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • лихва́р noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)
  • лихва́рка noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)

Volapük

3 entries
  • hivukan noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)
  • jivukan noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)
  • vukan noun (one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates)

Sample sentences

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Vſurers, you are none of theſe cryers vnto God, but thoſe that hourely vnto God are most cryde out againſt. God hath cryde out vnto you by his Preachers, GOD hath cride out vnto you by the poore ; Pryſoners on their death-beds haue cride out of you : and when they haue had but one houre to interceſſionate for their ſoules, and ſue out the pardon of their numberleſſe ſins, the whole of that howre (ſauing one minute, when in two words they cryde for mercy,) haue they ſpent, in crying for vengeance againſt you.

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Profitless usurer, why dost thou use So great a sum of sums, yet canst not live?

Source: wiktionary

"You can go to the Carpetbag usurers if you want money."

Source: wiktionary

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