churl : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: churl	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for churl
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
churl n a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement Synonym(s): peasant, barbarian, boor, churl, Goth, tyke, tike a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend Synonym(s): niggard, skinflint, scrooge, churl a bad-tempered person Synonym(s): grouch, grump, crank, churl, crosspatch
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Churl \Churl\, a. Churlish; rough; selfish. [Obs.] --Ford.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Churl \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[be]ra lover. Cf. {Carl}, {Charles's Wain}.] 1. A rustic; a countryman or laborer. [bd]A peasant or churl.[b8] --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.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Churl in Isa. 32:5 (R.V. marg., "crafty"), means a deceiver. In 1 Sam. 25:3, the word churlish denotes a man that is coarse and ill-natured, or, as the word literally means, "hard." The same Greek word as used by the LXX. here is found in Matt. 25:24, and there is rendered "hard."