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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 usu·rer /ˈjuʒɚ/
 高利貸者

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 U·su·rer n.
 1. One who lends money and takes interest for it; a money lender. [Obs.]
    If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as a usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.   --Ex. xxii. 25.
 2. One who lends money at a rate of interest beyond that established by law; one who exacts an exorbitant rate of interest for the use of money.
    He was wont to call me usurer.   --Shak.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 usurer
      n : someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest [syn:
           loan shark, moneylender, shylock]