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churl meaning

EN[-ɜː(r)l]
WChurl
  • A churl (etymologically the same name as Charles / Carl and Old High German karal), in its earliest Old English (Anglo-Saxon) meaning, was simply "a man", but the word soon came to mean "a non-servile peasant", still spelled ċeorl(e),
  • This meaning held through the 15th century, but by then the word had taken on negative overtone, meaning "a country person" and then "a low fellow".
  • The ċeorles of Anglo-Saxon times lived in a largely free society, and one in which their fealty was principally to their king.
  • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
    1. Nouns
      • Countable nouns
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    1. en churlish
    2. en churls
    3. en churly
    4. en churlishly
    5. en churlishness
    Source: Wiktionary

    Meaning of churl for the defined word.

    Grammatically, this word "churl" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.
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