1. miser - Noun
2. miser - Adjective
3. Miser - Proper noun
A wretched person; a person afflicted by any great misfortune.
A despicable person; a wretch.
A covetous, grasping, mean person; esp., one having wealth, who lives miserably for the sake of saving and increasing his hoard.
A kind of large earth auger.
Source: Webster's dictionaryTo be a book-collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope fiend with those of a miser. Robertson Davies
It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to waste it like a miser. It is better to live and be done with it, than to die daily in the sick-room. Robert Louis Stevenson
In this consists the difference between the character of a miser and that of a person of exact economy and assiduity. The one is anxious about small matters for their own sake; the other attends to them only in consequence of the scheme of life which he has laid down to himself. Adam Smith
A miser and a liar bargain quickly. Greek Proverb
To ask a favor from a miser is like trying to make a hole in water. Armenian Proverb
A miser is ever in want. Greek Proverb