miser

collective noun

is a faithful watch-dog, guarding the wealth of his heirs.

A miser is a faithful watch-dog, guarding the wealth of his heirs. Mishle Yehoshua

is a person who lives poor so that he can die rich.

Miser : A person who lives poor so that he can die rich.

is merely a capitalist gone mad but the capitalist is a rational miser.

While the miser is merely a capitalist gone mad, the capitalist is a rational miser. Karl Marx

is a hard person to live with, but he makes a fine ancestor.

is one who’s perfectly content to let the rest of the world go buy.