churl
/tʃəːl/ · noun
Meaning
- A rustic; a countryman or labourer; a free peasant (as opposed to a serf).
- A rough, surly, ill-bred person; a boor.
- A selfish miser; an illiberal person; a niggard.
- (Theodism) A freedman, ranked below a thane but above a thrall.
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