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noun
- (rare) A female usurer.<ref name="Cham-def">The Chambers Dictionary (1998)</ref><ref name="OED-def">The Oxford English Dictionary (2007)</ref><ref name="WNav-def">"http://wordnavigator.com/word/usuress/ usuress" listed at <font color="green"><i>W</i><small>OR</small>d</font color><font color="red"><i>N</i><small>AV</small>i<small>GATOR</small></font color><font color="blue"><big>.</big></font color><font color="orange"><i>com</i></font color></ref>
- That woman " that " only lent me £20, but expected £50 back after just one week!
Translations: - French: usurière
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- Spanish: usurera
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Etymology: From usure, "to practice usury" + -ess, -(e)ss, feminine agent-nounal suffix.
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