Definition of Chrl
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. jāra 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
CHURL. Originally, a labourer or husbandman: figuratively
a rude, surly, boorish fellow. To put a churl upon a gentleman;
to drink malt liquor immediately after having drunk wine.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
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- a boorish person; a peasant
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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