Niggard

n.	1.	A person meanly stingy and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonious fellow; a miser. A penurious niggard of his wealth. - Milton. Be niggards of advice on no pretense. - Pope.
a.	1.	Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; stingy.
v. t. & i.	1.	To act the niggard toward; to be niggardly.

Noun

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niggard - a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend Synonyms: scrooge, skinflint, churl

Silas Marner, cheapskate, cheeseparing, churl, close, curmudgeon, grudging, mean, mingy, miser, miserly, muckworm, niggardly, penny pincher, penny-pinching, penurious, pinchfist, pinchgut, pinchpenny, save-all, scrooge, shabby, skinflint, sordid, stiff, tight, tightwad