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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Churl (0.00943 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Churl.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: churl
churl
n 1: a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or
refinement [syn:
peasant,
barbarian,
boor,
Goth,
tyke,
tike]
2: a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend [syn:
niggard,
skinflint,
scrooge]
3: a bad-tempered person [syn:
grouch,
grump,
crank,
crosspatch]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Churl
Churl
\Churl\, 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. j[=a]ra lover. Cf.
Carl,
Charles's Wain.]
1. A rustic; a countryman or laborer.
“A peasant or churl.”
--Spenser.
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Your rank is all reversed; let men of cloth
Bow to the stalwart churls in overalls. --Emerson.
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2. A rough, surly, ill-bred man; a boor.
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A churl's courtesy rarely comes, but either for gain
or falsehood. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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3. A selfish miser; an illiberal person; a niggard.
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Like to some rich churl hoarding up his pelf.
--Drayton.
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Churl
\Churl\, a.
Churlish; rough; selfish. [Obs.] --Ford.
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