shylock

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (US, figuratively, offensive) A loan shark; a usurer.
2. (ethnic, offensive, slur) A person of Jewish descent.

Verb

To lend money at exorbitant rates of interest.

Sinonieme

loan shark

moneylender

usurer

Vertalings

usuraio

strozzino

agiota

prestamista

Geldverleiher

usurero

Wucherer

usurière

usurier

Kredithai

woekerlenen

usurera

shylock

المرابي

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈʃaɪlɑk/

Etimologie (Engels)

From the character Shylock in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (1600).