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Miser

MI'SER, n. s as z. [L. miser, miserable.] A miserable person; one wretched or afflicted. 1. A wretch; a mean fellow. 2. An extremely covetous person; a sordid wretch; a niggard; one who in wealth makes himself...

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MI'SER, n. s as z. [L. miser, miserable.] A miserable person; one wretched or afflicted.

1. A wretch; a mean fellow.

2. An extremely covetous person; a sordid wretch; a niggard; one who in wealth makes himself miserable by the fear of poverty. [This is the only sense in which it is now used.]

No silver saints by dying misers given.

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