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What is a churl?

What is a churl? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A rustic; a countryman or labourer; a free peasant (as opposed to a serf).
  2. A rough, surly, ill-bred person; a boor.
  3. A selfish miser; an illiberal person; a niggard.
  4. (Theodism) a freedman, ranked below a thane but above a thrall
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I hated him before, but now the miserable churl only has my most profound pity!
When a few words will rescue misery out of her distress, I hate the man who can be a churl of them.
I greatly doubt me, sweet lady, that the thieving churl will return the crackers.
Only a churl would wish to detract from the inspired performances of competitors in cycling, swimming and gymnastics.
A man is a churl who enforces laws, when he himself has not the strength to observe them.
He regularly behaves like a churl with the media and elicits mixed feelings inside his own clubhouse.

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