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A person meanly close and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonous fellow; a miser.

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  1. n. A person meanly close and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonous fellow; a miser.
  2. a. Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; stingy.
  3. v. t. & i. To act the niggard toward; to be niggardly.
  4. n. a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
  5. A person meanly close and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonous fellow; a miser. Chaucer. A penurious niggard of his wealth. Milton. Be niggards of advice on no pretense. Pope. Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; stingy. To act the niggard toward; to be niggardly. [R.] Shak.
  6. A person meanly close and covetous; one who spends grudgingly;a stingy, parsimonous fellow; a miser. Chaucer.A penurious niggard of his wealth. Milton.Be niggards of advice on no pretense. Pope.
  7. n. a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend