kiskuri — meaning in English
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English meaning
- publican noun The landlord (manager or owner) of a public house (“a bar or tavern, often also selling food and sometimes lodging; a pub”).
Senses
kiskuri is used for these senses in English:
- loan shark Someone who lends money at exorbitant rates of interest, especially illegally. [1900]
- profiteer (pejorative) One who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by cost or risk, a rent-seeker.
- publican One regarded as extorting money from others by charging high prices.
- usurious Of or pertaining to usury.
publican — full definition
- noun The landlord (manager or owner) of a public house (“a bar or tavern, often also selling food and sometimes lodging; a pub”).
- noun The manager or owner of a hotel.