carl

¹ American  

[kahrl] / kɑrl /

Or carle

noun

1. Scot.

   1. a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.

   2. a miser; an extremely thrifty person.

2. Archaic. a churl.

3. Obsolete. a bondman.

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Carl ² American  

[kahrl] / kɑrl /

noun

1. a male given name, form of Charles.

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carl British  

/ kɑːl /

noun

1. archaic another word for churl

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Other Word Forms

• carlish adjective
• carlishness noun

Etymology

Origin of carl

before 1000 (in compounds; housecarl ); Middle English; Old English -carl < Old Norse karl man; cognate with Old High German karl; akin to churl

Example Sentences

Carl Kneeshaw, from the ambulance service, said it was "navigating a difficult financial and operational landscape".

From BBC

“If our analysis is correct, higher energy prices will lead to higher prices in general and lower sales. That means cost reductions have to be found to preserve profits as much as possible, and headcount reduction is the fastest way to do that,” said Carl Weinberg, chief economist at High Frequency Economics.

From MarketWatch

In addition to the Galbraiths, coauthors on this study are Brian English, Ph.D., of Janelia Research Campus, and Ulrike Boehm, Ph.D., formerly with Janelia and now with Carl Zeiss AG of Germany.

From Science Daily

Professor Lisa Kaltenegger, director of the Carl Sagan Institute at Cornell University, led the research alongside a team of undergraduate students.

From Science Daily

"Hellerstein possesses a well-deserved reputation for seeking to do justice in every case and for being independent and fair-minded," said law professor Carl Tobias of the University of Richmond.

From Barron's