Miser : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Miser	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Miser
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
miser n a stingy hoarder of money and possessions (often living miserably)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Miser \Mi"ser\, n. [L. miser wretched, miserable; cf. Gr. [?] hate, [?], [?] to hate: cf. It. & Sp. misero wretched, avaricious.] 1. A wretched person; a person afflicted by any great misfortune. [Obs.] --Spenser. The woeful words of a miser now despairing. --Sir P. Sidney. 2. A despicable person; a wretch. [Obs.] --Shak. 3. A covetous, grasping, mean person; esp., one having wealth, who lives miserably for the sake of saving and increasing his hoard. As some lone miser, visiting his store, Bends at his treasure, counts, recounts it o'er. --Goldsmith. 4. A kind of large earth auger. --Knight.