usurer UK /ˈjuːʒəɹə/US /ˈjuːʒəɹəɹ/ noun1 •A person who loans money to others and charges interest, particularly at an exorbitant, exploitative, or illegal rate.Profitless usurer, why dost thou use So great a sum of sums, yet canst not live? — 1609 formsusurers