Thesaurus: churl

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1. n. A rustic; a countryman or laborer.
2. n. A rough, surly, ill-bred man; a boor.
3. n. A selfish miser; an illiberal person; a niggard.
4. a. Churlish; rough; selfish.
5. n. a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
6. n. a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
7. n. a bad-tempered person
8. 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. Churlish; rough; selfish. [Obs.] Ford.
9. Churlish; rough; selfish. [Obs.] Ford.
10. n a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement n a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend n a bad-tempered person