Miser

·noun A kind of large earth auger.

II. Miser ·noun A despicable person; a wretch.

III. Miser ·noun A wretched person; a person afflicted by any great misfortune.

IV. Miser ·noun A covetous, grasping, mean person; ·esp., one having wealth, who lives miserably for the sake of saving and increasing his hoard.