Dictionary Entry

churl

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/tʃəːl/Used In Literature ↓

A rustic; a countryman or labourer; a free peasant (as opposed to a serf).

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Common Phrases

. churlchurl oldchurl saxonchurl tender

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Poetry examples for “churl”

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

The lords of fight;
When churl and craven
Saw hard on haven

New fairness even in her fair heart;
Until that churl shall nowhere be
Who bends not, awed, before the throne

This marks the Churl: when spousals crown
His selfish hope, he finds the grace,

2. Denied .
3. The Churl
The Abdication

That soul of joy in low and high;
When not a churl but felt the Giant's heat,
Albeit he simply call'd it his,

STRIKE, churl; hurl, cheerless wind, then; heltering hail
May's beauty massacre and wisped wild clouds grow

For all the king's gold I will never betray thee!"
"Then why dost thou turn so pale, O churl,
And then again black as the earth?" said the Earl.

How much his wit must under-write to please.
As some strong churl would, brandishing, advance
The monumental sword that conquered France;

He is no churl nor trifler,
And his viceroy is none,--

Sans frock and hood, fled for his life.
The jealous churl hath deeply swore
That if again he venture o’er,