[ noun ] a stingy hoarder of money and possessions (often living miserably) <noun.person>
Miser \Mi"ser\ (m[imac]"z[~e]r), n. [L. miser wretched, miserable; cf. Gr. mi^sos hate, misei^n 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 stingy person; one very reluctant to spend money. [PJC]
5. A kind of large earth auger. --Knight.
There is a further unnecessary vicious streak at the end when the miser's gold is tipped out of its box.
His most famous original creation was the wealthy old miser, Scrooge.
As the mad man who murders the miser to avoid the stare of his fishy blue eye, Berkoff is as well matched as a sweater to Edinburgh.
"People think you were a miser and hid it somewhere."