churl
📖 Definitions
noun
1. A rude person.
2. A miserly person.
3. A peasant.
💬 Usage Examples
“Either way, the thing is a gift horse, and, churl that I am, I mean to study its teeth.” Joe Bennett; Start of My Golden Years; Dominion Post (Wellington, New Zealand) Mar 30, 2022. “The churls still have their money in their pouches, or hidden in the ground.” Harry Harrison; The Hammer & The Cross; Tor; 1993. “A churl’s farm on the London Road is falling into my hands because there are no heirs.” Nerys Jones; Godiva; Pan Macmillan; 2008.