shylock
IPA: ʃˈaɪɫɑk
noun
- (US) A loan shark; a usurer.
- (offensive, ethnic slur) A person of Jewish descent.
- (fiction) A moneylender (Jewish stereotype) in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
- Alternative letter-case form of shylock [(US) A loan shark; a usurer.]
verb
- (intransitive, US) To lend money at exorbitant rates of interest.
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Examples of "shylock" in Sentences
- Shylock and modern antisemitism.
- Shylock and the antisemitism debate.
- Is Shylock really a villain or a victim.
- She also takes money and jewels from Shylock.
- Shylock has Antonio arrested and brought before court.
- The Nazis used the usurious Shylock for their propaganda.
- Is it factual that the derivation of 'shyster' is 'shylock'
- Shylock is the same meaning and it's offensive towards Jews.
- In another version I've read, he was called 'Shylock the Covetous Jew.'
- May bee associated with Shylock, but that is probably the incorrect etymology.
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