rare. [f. USUR-ER.+ -ESS.] female usurer.
1641. Brathwait, Eng. Gentlew., 300. A religious divine comming to a certaine usuresse,… told her [etc.].
1648. Hexham, II. Een Woeckeresse, an Usuresse, or a woman Usurer.
1898. Daily Tel., 28 May, 7/3. The defendants … evinced no little hostility to the usuress.
fig. 1866. Fayetteville (TN) Observer, 27 Sept. 3/3. He who fancies he can deceive the usuress [Nature], has learned but little by experience.
