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Definition of usurer noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

usurer

noun
 
/ˈjuːʒərə(r)/
 
/ˈjuːʒərər/
(old-fashioned, disapproving)
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  1. a person who lends money to people at unfairly high rates of interest
    Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French, from Old French usure, from Latin usura, from usus ‘a use’, from uti ‘to use’.
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