usurer (n.) Old form(s): vserer , Vsurer , Vsurers
money-lender, one who charges excessive interest
KL III.ii.91[Fool alone] When usurers tell their gold i'the field
KL IV.vi.164[Lear to all] The usurer hangs the cozener
RJ III.iii.123[Friar to Romeo] thou shamest thy shape, thy love, thy wit, / Which, like a userer, aboundest in all [i.e. are not put to proper use]
Sonn.4.7[] Profitless usurer, why dost thou use / So great a sum of sums yet canst not live?
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