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churl

churl is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.A rough, surly, ill-bred man; a boor. A churl's courtesy rarely comes, but either for gain or falsehood. Sir P. Sidney.
  2. 2.A selfish miser; an illiberal person; a niggard. Like to some rich churl hoarding up his pelf. Drayton.
  3. 3.Churlish; rough; selfish. [Obs.] Ford.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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