What does "niggard" mean?

Niggard: A person meanly close and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonous fellow; a miser. Chaucer. A penurious niggard of his wealth. Milton. Be niggards of advice on no pretense. Pope.

Additional senses

  1. 2.Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; stingy.
  2. 3.To act the niggard toward; to be niggardly. [R.] Shak.

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