shylock

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest
  2. noun a merciless usurer in a play by Shakespeare

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Synonyms

usurer, loan shark, moneylender

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