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  1. 1. n. A person meanly close and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonous fellow; a miser. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; stingy. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. t. & i. To act the niggard toward; to be niggardly. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend Source: wordnet
  5. 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. Source: webster
  6. 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. Source: adambom
  7. 7. n. a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend Source: ecdict

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