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1. (n.) miser
a person who lives poorly in order to save money.
2. miser
a stingy, avaricious person.
Etymology: (1550–60; < L: wretched)
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| Definition of 'miser' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) miser
a stingy hoarder of money and possessions (often living miserably)
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) miser
a wretched person; a person afflicted by any great misfortune
2. (noun) miser
a despicable person; a wretch
3. (noun) miser
a covetous, grasping, mean person; esp., one having wealth, who lives miserably for the sake of saving and increasing his hoard
4. (noun) miser
a kind of large earth auger
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Sense: a mean person who lives very poorly in order to store up wealth
That old miser won't give you a cent!
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 Afrikaans: vrek |
 Arabic: بَخيل |
 Bulgarian: скъперник |
 Brazilian: avarento |
 Czech: lakomec |
 German: der Geizhals |
 Danish: gnier |
 Greek: φιλάργυρος, μίζερος |
 Spanish: avaro |
 Estonian: ihnuskoi |
 Farsi: ادم خسیس |
 Finnish: saituri |
 French: avare |
 Hebrew: קַמצָן |
 Hindi: कंजूस |
 Croatian: škrtac |
 Hungarian: zsugori |
 Indonesian: orang kikir |
 Icelandic: nirfill, nánös |
 Italian: avaro |
 Japanese: けち |
 Korean: 수전노, 구두쇠 |
 Lithuanian: šykštuolis |
 Latvian: sīkstulis |
 Malay: bakhil |
 Dutch: gierigaard |
 Norwegian: gjerrigknark, gnier |
 Polish: sknera |
 Persian: ادم خسیس |
 Pashto: بخيل كس |
 Portuguese: forreta |
 Romanian: avar, zgârcit |
 Russian: скупец |
 Slovak: lakomec |
 Slovenian: skopuh |
 Serbian: tvrdica |
 Swedish: girigbuk, snålvarg |
 Thai: คนตระหนี่ |
 Turkish: cimri kimse |
 Taiwanese: 守財奴 |
 Ukrainian: скупій, скнара |
 Urdu: کنجوس آدمی |
 Vietnamese: người keo kiệt |
 Chinese: 守财奴 |
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