churl
21churl — sb. HD. 682. AS. ceorl …
22churl — tʃɜËl n. rude person; person from the country …
23churl — lurch …
24churl — noun 1》 an impolite and mean spirited person. ↘archaic a miser. 2》 archaic a peasant. Origin OE ceorl, of W. Gmc origin; related to carl …
25churl — n. 1. Rustic, peasant, countryman, clod hopper, bumpkin, ploughman, clown. 2. Ill bred man, surly fellow. 3. Niggard, miser, skinflint, scrimp, curmudgeon, hunks, mean fellow …
26churl — n 1. rustic, peasant, provincial, country cousin, countryman, hobnail; farmer, plowman, plow boy, chuff, swain, gaffer, kern, son or tiller of the soil, (in Egypt) fellah, (in Russia) muszhik or moujik, (in Spanish America and Southwestern U.S.)… …
27churl — [[t]tʃɜrl[/t]] n. 1) a rude, boorish, or surly person 2) a peasant; rustic 3) a niggard; miser 4) why ceorl • Etymology: bef. 900; ME cherl, OE ceorl man, freeman; c. OFris tzerl, tzirl, MLG kerle; akin to carl …
28churl — /tʃɜl / (say cherl) noun 1. a rude, boorish, or surly person. 2. Archaic a peasant; a rustic. 3. a. (in Anglo Saxon England) a freeman of the lowest rank; ceorl. b. (in medieval England) a bonded tenant; serf. {Middle English; Old English ceorl.… …
29churl — /charl/ In Saxon law, a freeman of inferior rank, chiefly employed in husbandry. A tenant at will of free condition, who held land from a thane, on condition of rents and services. See ceorl …
30churl — /charl/ In Saxon law, a freeman of inferior rank, chiefly employed in husbandry. A tenant at will of free condition, who held land from a thane, on condition of rents and services. See ceorl …
