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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
churl/tʃɜːl/

▶noun

1 an impolite and mean-spirited person.
■ archaic a miser.

2 archaic a peasant.

– origin OE ceorl, of W. Gmc origin; rel. to carl.

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