usurer

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Himself a usurer, Shakespeare must have known how much he had invested in Shylock.

From New York Times • May 7, 2010

He does, however, object to the second: "As a name of opprobrium or reprobation; spec. applied to a grasping or extortionate moneylender or usurer, or a trader who drives hard bargains or deals craftily."

From Time Magazine Archive

Nicholas' Uncle Ralph, a wily usurer and the evil genius of the piece, discovers his humanity too late, so that it ends by destroying him.

From Time Magazine Archive

But in 1884, a sickly boy was born in the Ghetto at Leghorn, Tuscany, to Flaminio Modigliani, son of a Roman usurer.

From Time Magazine Archive

Once more he sought the office of the usurer, who made the required advances, and he then made up his mind to taste the joys of sea voyages and the novelties of foreign travel.

From Curiosities of Impecuniosity by Somerville, H. G.