Churl

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A rude, boorish person. See Synonyms at boor.
  • n. A miserly person.
  • n. A ceorl.
  • n. A medieval English peasant.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a boorish person; a peasant
  • n. : a freedman, ranked below a thane but above a thrall
  • n. ill-mannered lout
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A rustic; a countryman or laborer.
  • n. A rough, surly, ill-bred man; a boor.
  • n. A selfish miser; an illiberal person; a niggard.
  • adj. Churlish; rough; selfish.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A rustic; a peasant; a countryman or laborer.
  • n. Specifically In early English history, one of the lowest class of freemen; one who held land from or worked on the estate of his lord.
  • n. A coarse, rude, surly, sullen, or ill-tempered person.
  • n. A miser; a niggard.
  • Churlish.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
  • n. a bad-tempered person
  • n. a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
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    Cross Reference
    churlish   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    rustic    boor    niggard    churlish    rough    selfish   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    lout    bumpkin    lubber    simpleton    yokel    scamp    curmudgeon    wretch    knave    looby