Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Miser

Miser (mī"zẽr) , noun

[Latin miser wretched, miserable; compare Greek mi^sos hate, misei^n to hate: compare Italian & Sp. misero wretched, avaricious.]

1.
A wretched person; a person afflicted by any great misfortune. [Obsolete] — Spenser
The woeful words of a miser now despairing. — Sir P. Sidney
2.
A despicable person; a wretch. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare
3.
A covetous, grasping, mean person; esp., one having wealth, who lives miserably for the sake of saving and increasing his hoard.
As some lone miser, visiting his store, Bends at his treasure, counts, recounts it o'er. — Goldsmith
4.
A stingy person; one very reluctant to spend money.
5.
A kind of large earth auger. — Knight