miser
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
a stingy, avaricious person.
Obsolete. a wretched or unhappy person.
Origin of miser
1Other words for miser
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How to use miser in a sentence
His very smile was cunning, as if he had been studying smiles among the portraits of his misers.
Our Mutual Friend | Charles DickensWhen the task was done, Mr Boffin, with his appetite for Misers whetted instead of satiated, began to look out again.
Our Mutual Friend | Charles DickensLet the old Misers stores be all expos'd, and made the Soldiers Prey!
The Female Wits | AnonymousThere are men who are misers, and also spendthrifts; but they are rare.
Orthodoxy | G. K. ChestertonUp there somewhere was another colony of winged misers and their hoarded wealth of honey.
The Heritage of the Hills | Arthur P. Hankins
British Dictionary definitions for miser (1 of 2)
/ (ˈmaɪzə) /
a person who hoards money or possessions, often living miserably
selfish person
Origin of miser
1British Dictionary definitions for miser (2 of 2)
/ (ˈmaɪzə) /
civil engineering a large hand-operated auger used for loose soils
Origin of miser
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