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surer | usurer |

As a verb surer

is .

As a noun usurer is

a person who loans money to others and charges interest, particularly at an illegal, exorbitant, or unfair rate.

surer

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (sure)

    • sure

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Physically secure and certain, non-failing, reliable.
  • Certain in one's knowledge or belief.
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  • Certain to act or be a specified way.
  • (obsolete) Free from danger; safe; secure.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Fear not; the forest is not three leagues off; / If we recover that we are sure enough.
  • (obsolete) Betrothed; engaged to marry.
  • * Sir T. More
    • The king was sure to Dame Elizabeth Lucy, and her husband before God.
  • * Brome
    • I presume that you had been sure as fast as faith could bind you, man and wife.

    Synonyms

    * (secure and steadfast) certain, failsafe, reliable * (sense, steadfast in one's knowledge or belief) certain, positive, wis

    Derived terms

    * for sure * surely * sure up (sure)

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Without doubt.
    • Sure he's coming! Why wouldn't he?
    "Did you kill that bear yourself? ?"I sure did!"

    Usage notes

    * Often proscribed in favor of surely. May be informal.

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (rft-sense) Yes, of course.

    • Synonyms

    * certainly, of course, OK, yes

    References

    * 1996, T.F. Hoad, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Etymology , Oxford University Press, ISBN 0192830988

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    usurer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who loans money to others and charges interest, particularly at an illegal, exorbitant, or unfair rate.
  • * 1936 , , Gone with the Wind , chapter XLIII
    • "You can go to the Carpetbag usurers if you want money."
  • (rare) Specifically, a male usurer.

    • Synonyms

    * loan shark

    Related terms

    * usuress (rare) * usurial * usurious * usury

    Usage notes