miser

noun

One who lives very meagerly in order to hoard money.

noun

A greedy or avaricious person.

noun

If. A miserable person; one who is wretched or unhappy.

noun

An extremely avaricious person; one who hoards money; a niggard; one who in wealth conducts himself as one afflicted with poverty.

Characteristic of a miser.

To gather or keep like a miser; keep with jealous care; hoard: with up.

noun

An iron cylinder with an opening in the side and a cutting lip, attached to the lower end of a boring-rod, used in the process of sinking wells in water-bearing strata.

To collect in the interior of the boring-tool called a miser: used with up.

noun

A wretched person; a person afflicted by any great misfortune.

noun

A despicable person; a wretch.