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SHYLOCK

Pronunciation (US):

• SHYLOCK (noun)
The noun SHYLOCK has 2 senses:

1. someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest
2. a merciless usurer in a play by Shakespeare

Familiarity information: SHYLOCK used as a noun is rare.

• SHYLOCK (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

loan shark; moneylender; shylock; usurer

Hypernyms ("shylock" is a kind of...):

lender; loaner (someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters)

shark (a person who is ruthless and greedy and dishonest)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

A merciless usurer in a play by Shakespeare

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

character; fictional character; fictitious character (an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story))

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SHYLOCK: related words searches

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