churl

Du vieil anglais ċeorl (« paysan libre (le dernier étage avant les serfs) »).

churl \tʃəːl\

1. Paysan, rustre, goujat
   • A churl was a man. This meaning held through the 15th century, but by then the word had taken on negative overtone, meaning "a country person" and then "a low fellow".
2. Avare.

• churlish
• churlishly
• churlishness

• churl sur l’encyclopédie Wikipédia (en anglais)