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Churl

Churl Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Churl? [n] a bad-tempered person [n] a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend [n] a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement Synonyms \| Synonyms for Churl: barbarian \| boor \| crank \| crosspatch \| Goth \| grouch \| grump \| niggard \| peasant \| scrooge \| skinflint \| tike \| tyke Related Terms \| Find terms related to Churl: arriviste \| Babbitt \| bondmaid \| bondman \| bondslave \| bondsman \| bondswoman \| boor \| bounder \| bourgeois \| cad \| captive \| chattel \| chattel slave \| clodhopper \| clown \| concubine \| curmudgeon \| debt slave \| epicier \| galley slave \| groundling \| guttersnipe \| helot \| homager \| hooligan \| ill-bred fellow \| liege \| liege man \| liege subject \| looby \| lout \| low fellow \| miser \| mucker \| muckworm \| niggard \| nouveau riche \| odalisque \| parvenu \| peasant \| penny pincher \| peon \| Philistine \| pinchfist \| pinchgut \| ribald \| rough \| roughneck \| rowdy \| ruffian \| save-all \| scrooge \| serf \| servant \| Silas Marner \| skinflint \| slave \| subject \| theow \| thrall \| tightwad \| upstart \| vassal \| villein \| vulgarian \| vulgarist \| yokel See Also \| crab \| crabby person \| disagreeable person \| fire-eater \| hoarder \| hothead \| misanthrope \| misanthropist \| pinchgut \| unpleasant person Churl In Webster's Dictionary \Churl\, n. [AS. ceorl a freeman of the lowest rank, man, husband; akin to D. karel, kerel, G. kerl, Dan. & Sw. karl, Icel. karl, and to the E. proper name Charles (orig., man, male), and perh. to Skr. j[=a]ra lover. Cf. {Carl}, {Charles's Wain}.] 1. A rustic; a countryman or laborer. ``A peasant or churl.'' --Spenser. Your rank is all reversed; let men of cloth Bow to the stalwart churls in overalls. --Emerson. 2. A rough, surly, ill-bred man; a boor. A churl's courtesy rarely comes, but either for gain or falsehood. --Sir P. Sidney. 3. A selfish miser; an illiberal person; a niggard. Like to some rich churl hoarding up his pelf. --Drayton. \Churl\, a. Churlish; rough; selfish. [Obs.] --Ford.

Churl Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Churl?

[n] a bad-tempered person
[n] a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
[n] a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement

Churl In Webster's Dictionary

\Churl\, n. [AS. ceorl a freeman of the lowest rank, man,
husband; akin to D. karel, kerel, G. kerl, Dan. & Sw. karl,
Icel. karl, and to the E. proper name Charles (orig., man,
male), and perh. to Skr. j[=a]ra lover. Cf. {Carl},
{Charles's Wain}.]
1. A rustic; a countryman or laborer. ``A peasant or churl.''
   --Spenser.

         Your rank is all reversed; let men of cloth Bow to
         the stalwart churls in overalls.      --Emerson.

2. A rough, surly, ill-bred man; a boor.

         A churl's courtesy rarely comes, but either for gain
         or falsehood.                         --Sir P.
                                               Sidney.

3. A selfish miser; an illiberal person; a niggard.

         Like to some rich churl hoarding up his pelf.
                                               --Drayton.


\Churl\, a.
Churlish; rough; selfish. [Obs.] --Ford.

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