Definitions
Masculine given name.
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“In Lent noblemen and carls alike had got into the traces and pulled the carts of stone themselves.”
“[…] 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 […]”
“Of course you know that Carl Duruside, or 'Doctor Carl', as he is always called by almost anybody, is my husband's brother?”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Masculine given name”4 letters
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