niggard : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: niggard	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for niggard
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
niggard n a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend [syn: niggard, skinflint, scrooge, churl]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Niggard \Nig"gard\, n. [Icel. hn[94]ggr niggardly, stingy + -ard; cf. Sw. njugg, AS. hne[a0]w.] 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Niggard \Nig"gard\, a. Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; stingy.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Niggard \Nig"gard\, v. t. & i. To act the niggard toward; to be niggardly. [R.] --Shak.