Churl
n.
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A rustic; a countryman or laborer.
Your rank is all reversed; let men of cloth
Bow to the stalwart churls in overalls.
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A rough, surly, ill-bred man; a boor.
A churl's courtesy rarely comes, but either for gain or falsehood.
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A selfish miser; an illiberal person; a niggard.
Like to some rich churl hoarding up his pelf.
Churl
a.
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Churlish; rough; selfish. [Obs.]