·adj Churlish; rough; selfish.
II. Churl ·noun A rustic; a countryman or laborer.
III. Churl ·noun A rough, surly, ill-bred man; a boor.
IV. Churl ·noun A selfish miser; an illiberal person; a niggard.
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
Originally, a labourer or husbandman: figuratively a rude, surly, boorish fellow. To put a churl upo...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose