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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Curmudgeon \Cur*mudg"eon\ (k?r-m?j"?n), n. [OE. cornmudgin, where -mudgin is prob. from OF. muchier, mucier, F. musser to hide; of uncertain origin; cf. OE. muchares skulking thieves, E. miche, micher.] An avaricious, grasping fellow; a miser; a niggard; a churl. [1913 Webster] A gray-headed curmudgeon of a negro. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

curmudgeon n 1: a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas