[ noun ] a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend <noun.person>
Niggard \Nig"gard\ (n[i^]g"g[~e]rd), n. [Icel. hn["o]ggr niggardly, stingy + -ard; cf. Sw. njugg, AS. hne['a]w.] A person meanly stingy and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonious fellow; a miser. --Chaucer.
A penurious niggard of his wealth. --Milton.
Be niggards of advice on no pretense. --Pope.
Niggard \Nig"gard\, a. Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; stingy.
Niggard \Nig"gard\, v. t. & i. To act the niggard toward; to be niggardly. [R.] --Shak.