housecarl

Meaning of housecarl

noun

(before the Norman Conquest) a member of the bodyguard of a Danish or English king or noble.

late Old English hūscarl, from Old Norse húskarl ‘manservant’, (plural) ‘retinue, bodyguard’, from hús ‘house’ + karl ‘man’.

Information about housecarl

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of housecarl is: housecarls.
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Hyphenation of housecarl

house-carl

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • housecarl is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Anagrams of housecarl

leachours

Words that rhyme with housecarl

Carl, carl, wifecarl, buscarl, huscarl

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