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loanmonger

loanmonger noun: a dealer in, or negotiator of, loans.

Noun

loanmonger (plural loanmongers)

  1. A dealer in, or negotiator of, loans.
    • Teach us, that wealth is not elegance; that profusion is not magnificence; and that splendour is not beauty. Teach us, that taste is a talisman, which can do greater wonders than the millions of the loan-monger.1831, [Benjamin Disraeli], chapter I, in The Young Duke. […], volume II (book III), London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 9
    • The Punic Wars […] he presented as a gigantic necessary struggle between noble north-side soldiers and revengeful, obdurate, but extremely competent south-side loanmongers.1937, H. G. Wells, Star-Begotten, Chapter 6, §4

Forms of loanmonger

pluralloanmongers

Origin of loanmonger

From loan + monger.

Questions about loanmonger

What does loanmonger mean?
Loanmonger means a dealer in, or negotiator of, loans.
What part of speech is loanmonger?
Loanmonger is a noun.
What is the plural of loanmonger?
The plural of loanmonger is loanmongers.

Words near loanmonger in the dictionary

  1. loaning
  2. loanings
  3. loanins
  4. loanland
  5. loanlands
  6. loanmonger
  7. loanmongers
  8. loans
  9. loanshark
  10. loansharked
  11. loansharking

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