moneymonger

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noun

A moneylender; a usurer.

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Meanings

nounmoneymonger (plural moneymongers)

plural moneymongers

  1. A moneylender; a usurer.

    Marion said they ought to let the sitting room and it would pay half the rent. She wasn't going to slip back into poverty again and be hounded day in and out by lecherous moneymongers. Sebastian volunteered putting in the ad, on condition that they rent to a Catholic.

    1955, J P Donleavy, The Ginger Man, France, published 1955 (France), page 142

Origin

From money + monger.

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APA

moneymonger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moneymonger

MLA

“moneymonger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moneymonger. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “moneymonger,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moneymonger.

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