Churl vs Terms - What's the difference?
churl | terms |
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
As nouns the difference between churl and terms
is that churl is a rustic; a countryman or labourer; a peasant while terms is .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
