Associations to the word «Shylock»
Wiktionary
SHYLOCK, noun. (US) A loan shark; a usurer.
SHYLOCK, noun. (offensive) (ethnic slur) A person of Jewish descent.
SHYLOCK, verb. (intransitive) (US) To lend money at exorbitant rates of interest.
SHYLOCK, proper noun. A fictional character who was a moneylender (Jewish stereotype) in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
Dictionary definition
SHYLOCK, noun. Someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest.
SHYLOCK, noun. A merciless usurer in a play by Shakespeare.
Wise words
Think twice before you speak, because your words and
influence will plant the seed of either success or failure
in the mind of another.