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carl

noun
/kɑːl//kɑɹl̩/US

Etymology

From Middle English carl, from Old English carl, a borrowing from Old Norse karl (“man, husband”), from Proto-Germanic *karilaz. Doublet of ceorl, churl, and karl.

  1. derived from *karilaz✻
  2. derived from karl — “man, husband”
  3. inherited from carl
  4. inherited from carl

Definitions

  1. A rude, rustic man

    A rude, rustic man; a churl.

    • In Lent noblemen and carls alike had got into the traces and pulled the carts of stone themselves.

  2. A stingy person

    A stingy person; a niggard.

  3. To snarl

    To snarl; to talk grumpily or gruffly.

    • […] full of ache, sorrow, and grief, children again, dizzards, they carle many times as they sit, and talk to themselves, they are angry, waspish, displeased with everything […]
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A male given name from the Germanic languages, equivalent to English Charles.

      • Of course you know that Carl Duruside, or 'Doctor Carl', as he is always called by almost anybody, is my husband's brother?
      • And Thomas Carlyle is nine. They call him Carl, and he has a regular mania for collecting toads and bugs and frogs and bringing them into the house.

    2. A student at Carleton College, Minnesota.

      • Located in rural Minnesota, Carleton is not surrounded by any cultural diversity unless you count pig farms and cow farms as separately diverse institutions. The nice thing about Carleton is that Carls are pretty much non-judgmental […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA