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ockerer

ockerer noun: a usurer.

Noun

ockerer (plural ockerers)

  1. (Scotland, especially, obsolete) A usurer.
    • […] under the pain of confiscation of all their moveable goods, and to be otherwise punished in their persons as common ockerers, according to law.1769, Statute Law of Scotland Abridged. With Historical Notes, Scotland, page 392
    • The first Species thereof is, Whoever receives more Annualrent^([sic]), than Ten for each Hundred, shall be punished as Ockerers, or Usurers, conform to the Laws of the Realm, already made, […]1699, George Mackenzie, The Laws and Customs of Scotland, in Matters Criminal: Wherein is to be Seen how the Civil Law, and the Laws and Customs of Other Nations Doth Agree With, and Supply Ours...

Forms of ockerer

pluralockerers

Origin of ockerer

From ocker (“usury”) + -er.

Questions about ockerer

What does ockerer mean?
Ockerer means a usurer.
What part of speech is ockerer?
Ockerer is a noun.
What is the plural of ockerer?
The plural of ockerer is ockerers.

Words near ockerer in the dictionary

  1. ocker
  2. Ocker Hill
  3. ockerd
  4. ockerdom
  5. ockered
  6. ockerer
  7. ockerers
  8. ockerette
  9. ockerettes
  10. ockerina
  11. ockerinas

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