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house⋅carl

  [hous-kahrl]
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–noun
a member of the household troops or bodyguard of a Danish or early English king or noble.
Origin:
bef. 1050; ME; late OE hūscarl < Dan hūskarl. See house, carl
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house·carl   (hous'kärl')   
n.  A member of the bodyguard or household troops of a Danish or Anglo-Saxon king or noble.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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housecarl

member of the personal or household troops or bodyguard of Scandinavian kings and chieftains in the Viking and medieval periods. The housecarls achieved a celebrated place in European history as the Danish occupation force in England under Canute the Great in 1015-35.

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