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Usuress vs Usurers - What's the difference?

usuress | usurers |

As nouns the difference between usuress and usurers

is that usuress is a female usurer while usurers is plural of usurer.

usuress

English

Noun

(es)
  • (rare) A female usurer.The Chambers Dictionary'' (1998)The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' (2007)“ usuress” listed at ''wordnavigator.com
    • That woman — that usuress — only lent me £20, but expected £50 back after just one week!

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "usuress")

    Usage notes

    * Some English speakers distinguish between the masculine or epicene usurer'' and the feminine ''usuress''; this is very rare, however, and the vast majority of speakers use ''usurer in all cases.

    Synonyms

    * loan shark

    Related terms

    * usurer * usurial * usurious * usury

    References

    usurers

    English

    Noun

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