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housecarl definition

house·carl (ho̵us′kärl′)

noun

a member of the bodyguard or household troops of a Danish or English king or nobleman in late Anglo-Saxon times

Etymology: Late OE huscarl < ON hūskarl, lit., houseman: see house & churl

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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