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churl

About 0.08 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A free peasant (as opposed to a serf) of the lowest rank, below an earl and a thane; a freeman; also , a person without royal or noble status; a commoner. A bondman or serf.
  2. noun A free peasant (as opposed to a serf) of the lowest rank, below an earl and a thane; a freeman; also , a person without royal or noble status; a commoner.
  3. noun A bondman or serf.
  4. noun A rough, surly, ill-bred person; a boor. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  5. noun A rough, surly, ill-bred person; a boor. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  6. noun A countryman, a peasant, a rustic.
  7. noun A person who is stingy, especially with money; a selfish miser, a niggard.
  8. noun A freedman, ranked below a thane but above a thrall.

Similar words

peasant boor grabber scrooge skinflint barbarian crank crosspatch grump grouch

Often followed by

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Word family

churls

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