carl

UK /kɑːl/ US /kɑɹl̩/
noun 3verb 1name 1

Definitions

noun

1

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 niggard.

verb

1

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 […]

name

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.

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