moneylender
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In need of money, he probably used it as security for a loan in 1348 from Muscho, a moneylender, one of the few occupations then permitted for Jews.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Shocked by their beloved aunt’s death, they must come together for the raucous funeral to honor Cambotown’s biggest moneylender.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 21, 2023
In a sense you could see all of those pamphlets explaining the system as a way of saying, it's not just the moneylender who's responsible for all your woes.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2023
He remembers lines, too, that have been stored in his brain ever since — like the “Hath not a Jew eyes” speech, in which his character, the moneylender Shylock, asserts his own humanity.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2022
Not meeting her gaze, he nodded and said, “Bueno, Mamá ought to be able to pay off the moneylender quickly. We’re doing well by her, eh?”
From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty
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