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Webster 1913 Edition

Housecarl

House′carlˊ

,

Noun.

[OE.

huscarle

. See

, and

.]

(Eng. Archæol.)

A household servant; also, one of the bodyguard of King Canute.

Definition 2024

housecarl

housecarl

English

Noun

housecarl ‎(plural housecarls)

(historical) A member of the Scandinavian royal household troops.