ockerer

English

Etymology

From ocker (“usury”) +‎ -er.

Noun

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, […]

Anagrams

• Roecker

German

Adjective

ockerer

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