churl

English

Etymology

From the Old English ċeorl, meaning a free man. Akin to Old Norse karl (Danish karl) and German Kerl.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)l

Noun

churl (plural churls)

1. a boorish person; a peasant
2. (Þéodisc Geléafa): a freedman, ranked below a thane but above a thrall
3. (Shakespearean) ill-mannered lout

Translations

boorish person

Bulgarian: грубиян (bg) m. French: rustre (fr) m. German: Kerl (de) m.

Spanish: montañero m. Volapük: (male or female) grobälan (vo), (male) higrobälan (vo), (female) jigrobälan (vo)

freedman in a þéod

German: Kerl (de) m.

See also

• churlish

External links

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Anagrams

• lurch