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Definitions for Churl

[1] a rude, boorish, or surly person.
[2] a peasant; rustic.
[3] a niggard; miser: He was a churl in his affections.
[4] English History . a freeman of the lowest rank.
[5] a surly ill-bred person
[6] archaic a farm labourer
[7] a variant spelling of ceorl

Words related to Churl

rustic, clodhopper, oaf, tightwad, beast, provincial, peasant, yokel, miser, niggard, chuff, mucker

Words nearby Churl

churchy, churchyard, churchyard beetle, churidars, churinga, churl, churlish, churn, churn drill, churn molding, churn out

Origin of Churl

before 900; Middle English cherl, Old English ceorl man, freeman; cognate with Dutch kerel, German Kerl; akin to carl

Word origin for Churl

Old English ceorl; related to Old Norse karl, Middle Low German kerle, Greek gerōn old man

Synonyms for Churl

beast, clodhopper, miser, niggard, oaf, peasant, provincial, rustic, tightwad, yokel, chuff, mucker