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. jāra lover. Cf. Carl, Charles's Wain. ] 1. A rustic; a countryman or laborer. “A peasant or churl.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Your rank is all reversed; let men of cloth
Bow to the stalwart churls in overalls. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A rough, surly, ill-bred man; a boor. [ 1913 Webster ]

A churl's courtesy rarely comes, but either for gain or falsehood. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A selfish miser; an illiberal person; a niggard. [ 1913 Webster ]

Like to some rich churl hoarding up his pelf. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Churlish; rough; selfish. [ Obs. ] Ford. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Like a churl; rude; cross-grained; ungracious; surly; illiberal; niggardly. “Churlish benefits.” Ld. Burleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

Half mankind maintain a churlish strife. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Wanting pliancy; unmanageable; unyielding; not easily wrought; as, a churlish soil; the churlish and intractable nature of some minerals. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a churlish manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Rudeness of manners or temper; lack of kindness or courtesy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Rude; churlish; violent. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]