moneylender

English

Alternative forms

• money-lender, money lender

Etymology

Compound of money +‎ lender.

Noun

moneylender (plural moneylenders)

1. A person who lends money and charges interest, especially one who is not part of the official financial industry.
   • 1598, J. Florio, Worlde of Wordes:

     Banchiere, a banker or Lombard, or a money lender.

Synonyms

• lender; usurer (archaic & pejorative); moneyer (archaic)

Hyponyms

• loan shark (pejorative)

Translations

person who lends money

• Bulgarian: лихвар (bg) m (lihvar)
• Danish: pengeudlåner c
• Finnish: rahanlainaaja (fi)
• French: usurier (fr) m, usurière (fr) f, prêteur (fr) m, prêteuse (fr) f
• Galician: prestamista (gl) m or f
• Georgian: მევახშე (mevaxše)
• German: Geldverleiher (de) m, Geldverleiherin (de) f
• Greek: τοκιστής (el) m (tokistís), τοκίστρια (el) f (tokístria), δανειστής (el) m (daneistís), δανείστρια (el) f (daneístria)

  Ancient: δανειστής m (daneistḗs), δανείστρια f (daneístria)

• Latin: faenerātor m, faenerātrīx f
• Portuguese: agiota (pt) m or f
• Romanian: cămătar (ro) m, cămătăreasă (ro) f, uzurar (ro) m, uzurară f
• Russian: ростовщи́к (ru) m (rostovščík), ростовщи́ца (ru) f (rostovščíca), проце́нтщик (ru) m (procéntščik), проце́нтщица (ru) f (procéntščica)
• Spanish: prestamista m or f, logrero (es) m, logrera (es) f
• Tibetan: དངུལ་བུན་གཏོང་མཁན (dngul bun gtong mkhan)
• Turkish: tefeci (tr)