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Carl

[kahrl] Origin

carl

[kahrl]
noun
1.
Scot.
a.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
b.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
2.
Archaic. a churl.
3.
Obsolete. a bondman.
Also, carle.


Origin:
before 1000 (in compounds; see housecarl); Middle English; Old English -carl < Old Norse karl man; cognate with Old High German karl; akin to churl

carl·ish, adjective
carl·ish·ness, noun

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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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Carl

[kahrl]
noun
a male given name, form of Charles.
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carl or carle (kɑːl)
 
n
archaic another word for churl
 
[Old English, from Old Norse karl]
 
carle or carle
 
n
 
[Old English, from Old Norse karl]

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carl
c.1300, from O.N. karl "man, male, freeman," from P.Gmc. *karlon-, the same root that produced O.E. ceorl (see churl).
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"The Mellere was a stout carle for the nones" [Chaucer]
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