Scots legal Scots from 'ocker' (usury), ultimately from Old Norse 'okr' (increase, profit).
Scots legal Scots from 'ocker' (usury), ultimately from Old Norse 'okr' (increase, profit). An ockerer charged ruinous interest on loans at a time when usury was both illegal and morally condemned; the term carried strong contempt in Scottish courts.
The court branded him an ockerer and ordered the excess interest repaid to every debtor he had fleeced.
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(obsolete, Scotland, especially, law) A usurer.