# shylock

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈʃaɪlɑk/ · frequency rank #57,070

## Definitions
1. A loan shark; a usurer.
2. A person of Jewish descent.

## Etymology
From the character Shylock in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (1600).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/shylock