churl

/tสƒษœษนl/

IPA: /CH ER1 L/

noun
  1. 1

    A rustic; a countryman or labourer; a free peasant (as opposed to a serf).

  2. 2

    A rough, surly, ill-bred person; a boor.

  3. 3

    A selfish miser; an illiberal person; a niggard.

  4. 4

    (Theodism) A freedman, ranked below a thane but above a thrall.

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