ockerer

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English

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Etymology

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From ocker (usury) +‎ -er.

Noun

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ockerer (plural ockerers)

  1. (obsolete, Scotland, especially law) A usurer.
    • 1769, Statute Law of Scotland Abridged. With Historical Notes, Scotland, page 392:
      [] under the pain of confiscation of all their moveable goods, and to be otherwise punished in their persons as common ockerers, according to law.
    • 1699, George Mackenzie, The Laws and Customs of Scotland, in Matters Criminal: Wherein is to be Seen how the Civil Law, and the Laws and Customs of Other Nations Doth Agree With, and Supply Ours, page 119:
      The first Species thereof is, Whoever receives more Annualrent[sic], than Ten for each Hundred, shall be punished as Ockerers, or Usurers, conform to the Laws of the Realm, already made, []

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Adjective

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ockerer

  1. inflection of ocker:
    1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
    2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
    3. strong genitive plural