carl
or carle
[kahrl]
- Scot.
- a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
- a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- Archaic. a churl.
- Obsolete. a bondman.
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Origin of carl
Carl
[kahrl]
- a male given name, form of Charles.
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Examples from the Web for carl
Contemporary Examples
Carl Sandler, who founded Mister in 2012, previously founded Daddyhunt.com and worked at Gay.com.
In the next election, MassEquality took Vinnie out, replacing him with a young gay man, Carl Sciortino.
Cuomo ran for governor in 2002, but pulled out before he was to be soundly defeated in the Democratic primary by Carl McCall.
But poor Carl is still trudging along as if his assault never happened.
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November 3, 2014
The only difference was the writing staff was Neil Simon, Mel Brooks, and Carl Reiner, and they started writing on Monday.
Harry Shearer on Being Nixon, ‘The Simpsons Movie’ Sequel, and Why Obama Should Return His NobelMarlow Stern
October 21, 2014
Historical Examples
Perhaps Professor Carl Seigfried could give you some information on that point.
Jennie Baxter, JournalistRobert Barr
“God,” answered Carl glibly, as if that must be the only orthodox answer.
Almost A ManMary Wood-Allen
“Maybe it means having a mustache,” said Carl, with a slight flush.
Almost A ManMary Wood-Allen
There aint nowhere a better man than my man; and Carl Olsen, he knows that.
Stories of a Western TownOctave Thanet
Carl Magnus had his Grehweiler palace costing 180,000 guelden.
Blood and IronJohn Hubert Greusel
carl
carle
- archaic another word for churl
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Word Origin
Old English, from Old Norse karl
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Word Origin and History for carl
n.
c.1300, "bondsman; common man, man of low birth," from Old Norse karl "man, male, freeman," from Proto-Germanic *karlon-, the same root that produced Old English ceorl "man of low degree" (see churl).
The Mellere was a stout carle for the nones [Chaucer]
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Carl
masc. proper name, from Middle High German Karl "man, husband" (see carl).
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