niggard

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niggard - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Niggard \Nig"gard\ (n[i^]g"g[~e]rd), n. [Icel. hn["o]ggr
     niggardly, stingy + -ard; cf. Sw. njugg, AS. hne['a]w.]
     A person meanly stingy and covetous; one who spends
     grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonious fellow; a miser.
     --Chaucer.
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           A penurious niggard of his wealth.       --Milton.
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           Be niggards of advice on no pretense.    --Pope.
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  Niggard \Nig"gard\, a.
     Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly;
     miserly; stingy.
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  Niggard \Nig"gard\, v. t. & i.
     To act the niggard toward; to be niggardly. [R.] --Shak.
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niggard - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  niggard
      n 1: a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend [syn:
           niggard, skinflint, scrooge, churl]

niggard - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "niggard":
     Silas Marner, cheapskate, cheeseparing, churl, close, curmudgeon,
     grudging, mean, mingy, miser, miserly, muckworm, niggardly,
     penny pincher, penny-pinching, penurious, pinchfist, pinchgut,
     pinchpenny, save-all, scrooge, shabby, skinflint, sordid, stiff,
     tight, tightwad