1. [n]  a bad-tempered person
2. [n]  a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
3. [n]  a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement

1. \Churl\, n. [AS. ceorl a freeman of the lowest rank, man,
   husband; akin to D. karel, kerel, G. kerl, Dan. & Sw. karl,
   Icel. karl, and to the E. proper name Charles (orig., man,
   male), and perh. to Skr. j[=a]ra lover. Cf. {Carl},
   {Charles's Wain}.]
   1. A rustic; a countryman or laborer. ``A peasant or churl.''
      --Spenser.
            Your rank is all reversed; let men of cloth Bow to
            the stalwart churls in overalls.      --Emerson.
   2. A rough, surly, ill-bred man; a boor.
            A churl's courtesy rarely comes, but either for gain
            or falsehood.                         --Sir P.
                                                  Sidney.
   3. A selfish miser; an illiberal person; a niggard.
            Like to some rich churl hoarding up his pelf.
                                                  --Drayton.
   

2. \Churl\, a.
   Churlish; rough; selfish. [Obs.] --Ford.
   

in Isa. 32:5 (R.V. marg., "crafty"), means a deceiver. In 1 Sam. 25:3, the word churlish denotes a man that is coarse and ill-natured, or, as the word literally means, "hard." The same Greek word as used by the LXX. here is found in Matt. 25:24, and there is rendered "hard."