churl Meaning and Definition
1. n. a bad-tempered person
2. n. a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
3. n. a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
A churl (etymologically the same name as Charles / Carl and Old High German karal), in its earliest Old English (Anglo-Saxon) meaning, was simply "a man", but the word soon came to mean "a non-servile peasant", still spelled ċeorl(e), and denoting the lowest rank of freemen.
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