Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Niggard \Nig"gard\, n. [Icel. hn["o]ggr niggardly, stingy +
   -ard; cf. Sw. njugg, AS. hne['a]w.]
   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.

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.

Source : WordNet®

niggard
     n : a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend [syn: {skinflint},
          {scrooge}, {churl}]