carl

¹

Or carle

[kahrl]

noun

1. Scot.

   1. a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.

   2. a miser; an extremely thrifty person.

2. Archaic.,  a churl.

3. Obsolete.,  a bondman.

Carl

²

[kahrl]

noun

1. a male given name, form of Charles.

carl

/ kɑːl /

noun

1. archaic,  another word for churl

Other Word Forms

• carlish adjective
• carlishness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of carl¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of carl¹

Old English, from Old Norse karl

Example Sentences

Carl Sagan once reflected on humanity's deep connection to the cosmos, saying, "The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself."

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It doesn’t reach the standard of proof Carl Sagan popularized: “Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.”

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“There have been times when people are extremely sympathetic with his stances, but he’s so combative that they don’t want to ally with him,” Rep. Carl Tepper, R-Lubbock, said in an interview.

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Burd also is a professor of nutritional sciences and is affiliated with the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology at the U. of I.

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“Rare earths and soybeans are only two of the sectors where an embargo by China costs jobs and incomes in the United States. They are the tip of the iceberg,” Carl B. Weinberg, chief economist and managing director at High Frequency Economics, said in a note.

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