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There are seven meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun churl, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
A churl is a rude or nasty person. The basketball player who's constantly jabbing opponents with his elbows and deliberately tripping them is a churl. Churl comes from the Old English ceorl, "peasant," and originally that's exactly what it meant: a commoner, or person who didn't belong to the nobility. During the 15th century, the word became ...
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A churl (Old High German karal), in its earliest Old English (Anglo-Saxon) meaning, was simply "a man" or more particularly a "free man", [1] but the word soon came to mean "a non-servile peasant", still spelled ċeorl(e), and denoting the lowest rank of freemen.
A 'churl' [churl] is an impolite and mean-spirited person, often characterized by rude or unkind behavior. It can also refer to a medieval peasant. The term is used in phrases such as 'churlish behavior,' 'churlish remarks,' and 'churlish attitude.'
Examples of churl in a Sentence. as far as he was concerned, anyone from outside the city was a backwater churl don't bother asking for donations at that house—the churl who lives there believes that charity begins and ends at home. Recent Examples on the Web The churl ’s view.
Definition of churl noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
