Churl word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "churl" word

[noun] a bad-tempered person
[noun] a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
[noun] a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement

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\Churl\, n. [AS. ceorl a freeman of the lowest rank, man, husband; akin to D. karel, kerel, G. kerl, Dan. & Sw. karl, Icel. karl, and to the E. proper name Charles (orig., man, male), and perh. to Skr. j[=a]ra lover. Cf. {Carl}, {Charles's Wain}.] 1. A rustic; a countryman or laborer. ``A peasant or churl.'' --Spenser. Your rank is all reversed; let men of cloth Bow to the stalwart churls in overalls. --Emerson. 2. A rough, surly, ill-bred man; a boor. A churl's courtesy rarely comes, but either for gain or falsehood. --Sir P. Sidney. 3. A selfish miser; an illiberal person; a niggard. Like to some rich churl hoarding up his pelf. --Drayton.
\Churl\, a. Churlish; rough; selfish. [Obs.] --Ford.

Synonyms for churl

barbarian, boor, crank, crosspatch, Goth, grouch, grump, niggard, peasant, scrooge, skinflint, tike, tyke

Related terms: arriviste, Babbitt, bondmaid, bondman, bondslave, bondsman, bondswoman, boor, bounder, bourgeois, cad, captive, chattel, chattel slave, clodhopper, clown, concubine, curmudgeon, debt slave, epicier, galley slave, groundling, guttersnipe, helot, homager, hooligan, ill-bred fellow, liege, liege man, liege subject, looby, lout, low fellow, miser, mucker, muckworm, niggard, nouveau riche, odalisque, parvenu, peasant, penny pincher, peon, Philistine, pinchfist, pinchgut, ribald, rough, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, save-all, scrooge, serf, servant, Silas Marner, skinflint, slave, subject, theow, thrall, tightwad, upstart, vassal, villein, vulgarian, vulgarist, yokel

The fun area, different aproach to word »churl«

Let's analyse "churl" as pure text. This string has Five letters in One syllable and One vowel. 20% of vowels is 18.6% less then average English word. Written in backwards: LRUHC. Average typing speed for these characters is 1340 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: -.-. .... ..- .-. .-..

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: churl: 3 = 3, reduced: 3 . and the final result is Three.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: churl: 3 + 8 + 3 + 9 + 3 = 26, reduced: 8, and the final result is Eight.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
C (1)	3	Empress	Patient, Willful, Strong, Giving
H (1)	8	Strength	Couragous, Faithful, Caring
L (1)	12	Hanged Man	Leader, Teacher, Healer, Decisive
R (1)	18	Moon	Patient, Determined, Strong
U (1)	21	World	Gifted, Generous, Bountiful

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