Originally, a labourer or husbandman: figuratively a rude, surly, boorish fellow. To put a churl upon a gentleman; to drink malt liquor immediately after having drunk wine.
·adj Churlish; rough; selfish. II. Churl ·noun A rustic; a countryman or laborer. III. Churl ·noun...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
In Isa. 32:5 (R.V. marg., "crafty"), means a deceiver. In 1 Sam. 25:3, the word churlish denotes a m...
Easton's Bible Dictionary