Churl

Definition of Churl

n.1.A rustic; a countryman or laborer.
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.
a.1.Churlish; rough; selfish.

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