"moneylender" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: moneylenders [plural]
Etymology: From money + lender. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|money|lender}} 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), лихвар (lihvar) [masculine] (Bulgarian), pengeudlåner [common-gender] (Danish), rahanlainaaja (Finnish), usurier [masculine] (French), prêteur [masculine] (French), prestamista [feminine, masculine] (Galician), მევახშე (mevaxše) (Georgian), Geldverleiher [masculine] (German), Geldverleiherin [feminine] (German), τοκιστής (tokistís) [masculine] (Greek), faenerātor [masculine] (Latin), agiota [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), cămătar [masculine] (Romanian), uzurar [masculine] (Romanian), uzurară [feminine] (Romanian), ростовщи́к (rostovščík) [masculine] (Russian), prestamista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), logrero [masculine] (Spanish), logrera [feminine] (Spanish), དངུལ་བུན་གཏོང་མཁན (dngul bun gtong mkhan) (Tibetan), tefeci (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-moneylender-en-noun-ROB3YsCg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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      "sense": "person who lends money",
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      "code": "bo",
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      "sense": "person who lends money",
      "word": "དངུལ་བུན་གཏོང་མཁན"
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      "sense": "person who lends money",
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