ˈmīzə(r) noun
( -s )
Etymology: Latin, from miser wretched, miserable
1. archaic : a wretched person
misers in the hospital — Sir Walter Scott
2. : a mean grasping person ; especially : a person who lives miserably in order to hoard his wealth
the unenjoying miser ' s treasures — S.T.Coleridge
a miser who inherited a fortune but lives in a shanty