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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Curmudgeon

/(k?r-m?j"?n)/ · Cur·mudg·eon · IPA /kɚˈmʌd͡ʒ.ən/
01 n. An avaricious, grasping fellow; a miser; a niggard; a churl.
  1. 1.
    An avaricious, grasping fellow; a miser; a niggard; a churl.
    “A gray-headed curmudgeon of a negro.” W. Irving.