carle

Variant of carl

carl definition

carl or carle (kärl)

noun

  1. Obsolete a peasant, bondman, or villein
  2. Now Chiefly Scot. an ill-bred fellow; churl
  3. Scot. a sturdy fellow

Etymology: ME & OE carl < ON karl, a man, churl

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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