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# churl

noun (churls) (old use, in fairy tales)

«churl» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A rude, mean, rough man who is unkind and will not do what is fair or good. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/churl/#m1)

### In the lessons

in fairy tales, the churl is the villain who refuses help or treats others badly

### Examples

- The churl would not pay the workers what he owed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/churl/#x1)
- "Now, Jack," said the Gray Churl, "you must lose a month's wages." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/churl/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Proverbs and Samuel use it of a fool or a base person. Tradition teaches that real nobility comes from good deeds and not from rank. In the primary lessons: in fairy tales, the churl is the villain who refuses help or treats others badly

### Examples

- Overbearing speech becometh not a churl; much less do lying lips a prince. (Writings PRO.17.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/churl/#x1)
- And the king lamented for Abner, and said: Should Abner die as a churl dieth? (Prophets 2SA.3.33, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/churl/#x2)
- For a servant when he reigneth; and a churl when he is filled with food; (Writings PRO.30.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/churl/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «churl» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/churl/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«churl» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/churl.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «churl» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/churl/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«churl» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/churl.html) on Mova free.