Churl vs Dunce - What's the difference?
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A rustic; a countryman or labourer; a peasant.
* Emerson
A rough, surly, ill-bred person; a boor.
* Sir Philip Sidney
A selfish miser; an illiberal person; a niggard.
* Drayton
(Theodism) a freedman, ranked below a thane but above a thrall
Churl is a related term of dunce.
As nouns the difference between churl and dunce
is that churl is a rustic; a countryman or labourer; a peasant while dunce is one backward in book learning; a child or other person dull or weak in intellect; a dullard; a dolt.churl
English
Noun
(en noun)- Your rank is all reversed; let men of cloth / Bow to the stalwart churls in overalls.
- A churl's courtesy rarely comes, but either for gain or falsehood.
- like to some rich churl hoarding up his pelf