"moneylender" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: moneylenders [plural]
Etymology: Compound of money + lender. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Compound}} Compound, {{com+|en|money|lender}} Compound of money + lender Head templates: {{en-noun}} moneylender (plural moneylenders)
  1. A person who lends money and charges interest, especially one who is not part of the official financial industry. Synonyms: lender, usurer (english: archaic & pejorative), moneyer [archaic], money-lender, money lender Hyponyms: loan shark [pejorative] Translations (person who lends money): δανειστής (daneistḗs) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), δανείστρια (daneístria) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), лихвар (lihvar) [masculine] (Bulgarian), pengeudlåner [common-gender] (Danish), rahanlainaaja (Finnish), usurier [masculine] (French), usurière [feminine] (French), prêteur [masculine] (French), prêteuse [feminine] (French), prestamista [feminine, masculine] (Galician), მევახშე (mevaxše) (Georgian), Geldverleiher [masculine] (German), Geldverleiherin [feminine] (German), τοκιστής (tokistís) [masculine] (Greek), τοκίστρια (tokístria) [feminine] (Greek), δανειστής (daneistís) [masculine] (Greek), δανείστρια (daneístria) [feminine] (Greek), faenerātor [masculine] (Latin), faenerātrīx [feminine] (Latin), agiota [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), cămătar [masculine] (Romanian), cămătăreasă [feminine] (Romanian), uzurar [masculine] (Romanian), uzurară [feminine] (Romanian), ростовщи́к (rostovščík) [masculine] (Russian), ростовщи́ца (rostovščíca) [feminine] (Russian), проце́нтщик (procéntščik) [masculine] (Russian), проце́нтщица (procéntščica) [feminine] (Russian), prestamista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), logrero [masculine] (Spanish), logrera [feminine] (Spanish), དངུལ་བུན་གཏོང་མཁན (dngul bun gtong mkhan) (Tibetan), tefeci (Turkish)

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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person who lends money",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prestamista"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person who lends money",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "logrero"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person who lends money",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "logrera"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "dngul bun gtong mkhan",
      "sense": "person who lends money",
      "word": "དངུལ་བུན་གཏོང་མཁན"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "person who lends money",
      "word": "tefeci"
    }
  ],
  "word": "moneylender"
}

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