mi‧ser/ˈmaɪzə $ -ər/ noun[COUNTABLE] [date : 1500-1600; Language : Latin; Origin : 'miserable'] someone who is not generous and does not like spending money ⇨ miserly
noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Everyone said Mr Henny was a miser who had thousands of pounds hidden under his bed. ▪ My uncle was a terrible miser - he would walk in lashing rain rather than pay a bus fare. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A typical miser, he hid his money in the house in various places. ▪ He drools over them, like that miser. ▪ Henry was not the miser which later historians have labelled him. ▪ Sir Ralph, he thought, was probably a miser. ▪ So why should a man more used to glamorous roles want to play a mean old miser?
mi‧ser/ˈmaɪzə $ -ər/ noun [COUNTABLE]