| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | u·su·rer |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  y  zh r-r |
| NOUN: | One who lends money at interest, especially at an exorbitant or unlawfully high rate. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Late Latin  sr rius, moneylender, from Latin, interest-bearing, from sra, usury. See usury.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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