Churl

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  • noun. A rude, boorish person. synonym: boor.
  • noun. A miserly person.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A ceorl.
  • noun. A medieval English peasant.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A rustic; a peasant; a countryman or laborer.
  • noun. Specifically In early English history, one of the lowest class of freemen; one who held land from or worked on the estate of his lord.
  • noun. A coarse, rude, surly, sullen, or ill-tempered person.
  • noun. A miser; a niggard.
  • Churlish.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Churlish; rough; selfish.
  • noun. A rustic; a countryman or laborer.
  • noun. A rough, surly, ill-bred man; a boor.
  • noun. A selfish miser; an illiberal person; a niggard.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. a boorish person; a peasant
  • noun. : a freedman, ranked below a thane but above a thrall
  • noun. ill-mannered lout
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
  • noun. a bad-tempered person
  • noun. a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
  • Word Usage
    "If he did, he would know that the word churl OE. ceorl m. is historically, and currently, loaded with class distinction."
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    betrayer  boor  bully  bumpkin  clod  
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