moneylord
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Meaning · English
A person who lends money in exchange for interest; usurer.
Register: slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
The owner of land and the owner of money let or lent their respective instruments of production and commerce to farmers and merchants, who then surrendered a part of their profits or gains to the landlord and moneylord. The payment to the former was called rent, the payment to the other was called i
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “moneylord” mean?
A person who lends money in exchange for interest; usurer.
Is “moneylord” formal or informal?
moneylord is generally slang.