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shylock
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun shylock has 2 senses
- shylock(n = noun.person) loan shark, moneylender, usurer - someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest; Array is a kind of lender, loaner, shark
- shylock(n = noun.person) Array - a merciless usurer in a play by Shakespeare; Array is a kind of character, fictional character, fictitious character
OXFORD DICTIONARY
shylock, n. a hard-hearted money-lender; a miser.
Etymology
character in Shakesp. Merchant of Venice
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