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  1. churls: Merriam-Webster
  2. churls: Collins English Dictionary
  3. churls: Vocabulary.com
  4. churl's, churls: Wordnik
  5. churls: Wiktionary
  6. churls: Dictionary.com
  7. Churls: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. churls: TheFreeDictionary.com

(Note: See churl as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (churl)

noun:  (feudalism, obsolete except historical)
noun:  A free peasant (as opposed to a serf) of the lowest rank, below an earl and a thane; a freeman; also (more generally), a person without royal or noble status; a commoner.
noun:  A bondman or serf.
noun:  (by extension)
noun:  (derogatory) A rough, surly, ill-bred person; a boor.
noun:  (archaic) A countryman, a peasant, a rustic.
noun:  (archaic) A person who is stingy, especially with money; a selfish miser, a niggard.
noun:  (Theodism) A freedman, ranked below a thane but above a thrall.
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