Timeline for Is there a single word for Money Lender?
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| Jun 19, 2020 at 8:53 | comment | added | auspicious99 | @anotherdave LOL, looks delicious, though | |
| Jun 19, 2020 at 8:06 | comment | added | anotherdave | Not be be confused with this financier :) | |
| Jun 18, 2020 at 17:56 | comment | added | auspicious99 | Maybe an ancient word with equivalent meaning may not exist. books.google.com.sg/… talks about "ancient Mesopotamian financiers", for example. Thanks for bringing up an interesting point. | |
| Jun 18, 2020 at 17:55 | comment | added | rumtscho | Your answer is already a great fit, and I would be surprised if there is another word that is also archaic. My comment wasn't meant as a critique, just an additional piece of information to the OP and others who might decide to use the word. | |
| Jun 18, 2020 at 17:48 | comment | added | auspicious99 | Hmm, in that case, I can't think of a more archaic word that might fit the bill. | |
| Jun 18, 2020 at 17:44 | comment | added | rumtscho | I used the phrase "out of epoque ... before the Rennaisance" in a literal, mathematical sense - to me the word feels fitting for the Rennaisance and later ages, but not before that. So that corresponds to your sources too. Of course one can use the word for people who lived before that, but that subtly changes the perceived relationship between the narrator and the narrative - a TV documentary using the word for a historical person sounds fine, a fictional work in which a viking king refers to a character as "my financier" would be jarring to read for me. | |
| Jun 18, 2020 at 17:34 | comment | added | auspicious99 | @rumtscho Thanks for your comment. Speaking of the Renaissance, mentalfloss.com/article/71963/… talks about various bankers and financiers, including the Medicis from the 15th century Renaissance, who were very influential in Italy in those days. Later on, over in the US, financier Salomon "was a key player in the American fight for independence". But yes, I'm not sure where the OP intends to use the word. | |
| Jun 18, 2020 at 17:22 | comment | added | rumtscho | +1 because of a very nice fit in meaning. I would add that the word has a rather modern feel, and the OP should be extra cautious if they are e.g. writing historical fantasy set in the Antique. My gut feel is that it would seem out-of-epoque for settings before the Rennaisance. | |
| Jun 18, 2020 at 9:10 | history | answered | auspicious99 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |