Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Churl

Churl , noun

[Anglo-Saxon ceorl a freeman of the lowest rank, man, husband; akin to Dutch karel, kerel, German kerl, Danish & Swedish karl, Icelandic karl, and to the English proper name Charles (orig., man, male), and perh. to Sanskrit jāra lover. Compare Carl, Charles's Wain.]

1.
A rustic; a countryman or laborer.
A peasant or churl. — Spenser
Your rank is all reversed; let men of cloth Bow to the stalwart churls in overalls. — Emerson
2.
A rough, surly, ill-bred man; a boor.
A churl's courtesy rarely comes, but either for gain or falsehood. — Sir P. Sidney
3.
A selfish miser; an illiberal person; a niggard.
Like to some rich churl hoarding up his pelf. — Drayton

Churl , adjective

Churlish; rough; selfish. [Obsolete] — Ford