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churl

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noun \ ˈchər(-ə)l \

Definition of churl

1 :ceorl
2 :a medieval peasant
3 :rustic, countryman
4 a :a rude ill-bred person
b :a stingy morose person

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Examples of churl in a Sentence

  1. as far as he was concerned, anyone from outside the city was a backwater churl

  2. don't bother asking for donations at that house—the churl who lives there believes that charity begins and ends at home

Origin and Etymology of churl

Middle English, from Old English ceorl man, ceorl; akin to Old Norse karl man, husband

churl Synonyms

Synonyms
bumpkin, chawbacon, hick, clodhopper, cornball, countryman, hayseed, hillbilly, provincial, rube, rustic, yokel
Antonyms
cosmopolitan, cosmopolite, sophisticate
Related Words
boor, clod, clown, gawk, lout, oaf; greenhorn, tenderfoot; peasant, peon; backwoodsman, mountaineer
Near Antonyms
slicker, smoothy (or smoothie); metropolitan, suburbanite, urbanite

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