What does "churl" mean?
Churl: A rough, surly, ill-bred man; a boor. A churl's courtesy rarely comes, but either for gain or falsehood. Sir P. Sidney.
Additional senses
- 2.A selfish miser; an illiberal person; a niggard. Like to some rich churl hoarding up his pelf. Drayton.
- 3.Churlish; rough; selfish. [Obs.] Ford.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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