Shylock Definition

shīlŏk
shylocks
noun
The Jewish moneylender in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
Webster's New World
A person who is without pity in business dealings; exacting creditor.
Webster's New World

Loan shark.

Webster's New World
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pronoun

A fictional character who was a moneylender (Jewish stereotype) in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.

Wiktionary
verb
To lend money at exorbitant interest rates.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Shylock

Noun

Singular:
shylock
Plural:
shylocks

Origin of Shylock

  • After Shylock the ruthless Jewish usurer in William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice who demands a pound of his debtor's flesh as compensation for default upon a loan

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From the character Shylock, in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice

    From Wiktionary

Shylock Sentence Examples

  • Shylock is indeed a ruthless man, but it is clear that he has been much goaded by the merchant Antonio.

  • But Aldridge soon donned wigs and white make-up and moved on to non-black parts such as Macbeth, Shylock and King Lear.

  • Among the audience was Macklin, whose performance of Shylock, early in the same year, had pointed the way along which Garrick was so rapidly to pass in triumph.

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