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usurer

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈjuːʒəɹə/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈjuːzjəɹə/
  • General-American: /ˈjuːʒəɹəɹ/
  • General-American: /ˈjuːʒɹəɹ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who loans money to others and charges interest, particularly at an exorbitant, exploitative, or illegal rate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: loan shark, moneylender, shylock

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: lender, loaner, shark

History

Etymology

Anglo-Norman, from Old French usurier, Latin ūsūra (“interest”).

Across languages

Translations

95 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: վաշխառու (vašxaṙu) — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Azerbaijani: müamiləçi — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Azerbaijani: sələmçi — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Belarusian: ліхвя́р (lixvjár) — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Belarusian: ліхвя́рка (lixvjárka) — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Belarusian: працэ́нтшчык (pracéntščyk) — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Belarusian: працэ́нтшчыца (pracéntščyca) — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Bulgarian: лихва́р (lihvár) — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Bulgarian: лихва́рка (lihvárka) — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Chinese Mandarin: 高利貸 /高利贷 (gāolìdài) — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Czech: lichvář — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Czech: lichvářka — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Czech: úžerník — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Danish: ågerkarl — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Dutch: woekeraar — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Dutch: woekeraarster — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Esperanto: uzuranto — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Esperanto: viruzuranto — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Esperanto: uzurantino — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Esperanto: uzuristo — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Esperanto: viruzuristo — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Esperanto: uzuristino — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Esperanto: uzurulo — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Esperanto: viruzurulo — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Esperanto: uzurulino — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Esperanto: procentegisto — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Esperanto: virprocentegisto — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Esperanto: procentegistino — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Esperanto: procentegulo — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Esperanto: virprocentegulo — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Esperanto: procentegulino — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Finnish: koronkiskuri — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • French: usurier — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • French: usurière — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Galician: usureiro — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Galician: usureira — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Georgian: მევახშე (mevaxše) — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • German: Wucherer — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • German: Wucherin — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • German: Kredithai — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • German: Zinswucherer — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Greek: τοκογλύφος (tokoglýfos) — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Hungarian: uzsorás — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Indonesian: rentenir — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Italian: usuraio — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Italian: usuraia — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Italian: strozzino — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Italian: strozzina — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Japanese: 高利貸し (kōrigashi) — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Korean: 고리대금업자 (goridaegeumeopja) — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Latin: toculiō — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Latin: danista — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Macedonian: лихвар (lihvar) — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Macedonian: лихварка (lihvarka) — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Malay: ceti — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Māori: kaiwhakatuputupu moni — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ågerkar — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ågerkarl — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ågerkar — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Polish: lichwiarz — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Polish: lichwiarka — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Portuguese: usurário — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Portuguese: usureiro — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Portuguese: agiota — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Romanian: cămătar — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Romanian: cămătăreasă — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Romanian: uzurar — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Russian: ростовщи́к (rostovščík) — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Russian: ростовщи́ца (rostovščíca) — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Russian: проце́нтщик (procéntščik) — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Russian: проце́нтщица (procéntščica) — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Serbo-Croatian: ли̏хва̄р — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Serbo-Croatian: ли̏хварица — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Serbo-Croatian: lȉhvār — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Serbo-Croatian: lȉhvarica — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Slovak: úžerník — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Slovak: úžerníčka — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Slovene: oderuh — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Slovene: oderuhinja — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Spanish: usurero — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Spanish: usurera — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Swahili: mlariba — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Swedish: ockrare — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Tagalog: buwayang-lubog — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Tagalog: buwaya sa katihan — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Turkish: tefeci — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Turkish: murabahacı — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Ottoman Turkish: فائضجی (faʼizci) — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Ottoman Turkish: معاملهجی (muʼameleci) — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Ukrainian: лихва́р (lyxvár) — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Ukrainian: лихва́рка (lyxvárka) — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Volapük: vukan — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Volapük: hivukan — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Volapük: jivukan — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates
  • Yiddish: פּראָצענטניק (protsentnik) — one who loans money, particularly at exorbitant interest rates