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Definition of Carls
1. carl [n] - See also: carl
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carls
Literary usage of Carls
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Historical Allusions by Thomas Benfield Harbottle (1904)
"House-carls. A body of standing troops raised by Knut, circ. 1030. The first
standing army in England. Hovering Act. An Act passed in 1784, extending the ..."
2. Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time: From the Restoration of King by Gilbert Burnet (1850)
"So the Scots sent over commissioners, the chief of whom were the carls of Cassilis
and Lothian ; the former of these was my first wife's father, ..."
3. Chronicles of England, France, Spain, and the Adjoining Countries: From the by Jean Froissart, Thomas Johnes (1862)
"AFTER the re-capturo of Berwick castle, the carls of Northumberland and Nottingham,
the two most powerful barons of the army, determined to make an ..."
4. The Tea-table Miscellany: A Collection of Choice Songs, Scots and English by Allan Ramsey (1871)
"... Rant. carls a' of ramblers' ha', And I will tell you of our fate, Since we
have married wives that's braw, ..."
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