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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Churl \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. j[=a]ra 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Churl \Churl\, a. Churlish; rough; selfish. [Obs.] --Ford. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: churl n 1: a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement [syn: {peasant}, {barbarian}, {boor}, {Goth}, {tyke}, {tike}] 2: a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend [syn: {niggard}, {skinflint}, {scrooge}, {grabber}] 3: a bad-tempered person [syn: {grouch}, {grump}, {crank}, {crosspatch}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Churl in Isa. 32:5 (R.V. marg., "crafty"), means a deceiver. In 1 Sam. 25:3, the word churlish denotes a man that is coarse and ill-natured, or as the word literally means "hard." The same Greek word as used by the LXX. here is found in Matt. 25:24, and there is rendered "hard."
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