Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

loanmonger

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: loan-mon-ger
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dealer in, or negotiator of, loans.

Example Sentences

"Teach us, that wealth is not elegance; that profusion is not magnificence; and that splendour is not beauty. Teach us, that taste is a talisman, which can do greater wonders than the millions of the loan-monger."
"The Punic Wars […] he presented as a gigantic necessary struggle between noble north-side soldiers and revengeful, obdurate, but extremely competent south-side loanmongers."

Etymology

From loan + monger.

Inflected Forms

loanmongers (plural)

Questions

What does loanmonger mean?: A dealer in, or negotiator of, loans.
Where does loanmonger come from?: From loan + monger.

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