#245 churl

churl- a surly, rude, ill-bred person

- Old English ceorl; Old Norse karl, Middle Low German kerle, Greek geron old man

- also adjective churlish

“What churl is this,” he said, “who has remained sitting stationary like a block of wood, or the fragment of a rock, when so many noble knights, the flower of chivalry, stand in reverence?"

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