Curmudgeon

·noun An avaricious, grasping fellow; a miser; a niggard; a churl.

curmudgeon
A covetous old fellow, derived, according to some, from the French term coeur mechant. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
curmudgeon
An avaricious, churlish fellow; a miser. In explaining this word, Dr. Ash made a ludicrous mistake, ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.