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ˈusuress rare.
[f. usur-er + -ess.]
A female usurer.
1641R. Brathwait Eng. Gentlew. 300 A religious divine comming to a certaine usuresse,..told her [etc.]. 1648Hexham ii, Een Woeckeresse, an Usuresse, or a woman Usurer. 1898Daily Tel. 28 May 7/3 The defendants..evinced no little hostility to the usuress. |