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as in peasants
an awkward or simple person especially from a small town or the country
as far as he was concerned, anyone from outside the city was a backwater churl
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as in hunks
a mean grasping person who is usually stingy with money
don't bother asking for donations at that house—the churl who lives there believes that charity begins and ends at home
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as in bastards
a person whose behavior is offensive to others
a churl who gets thrown out of parties with remarkable regularity
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“Churls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/churls. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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