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karls

karls is the plural of karl.

Meaning of karl

Noun

karl (plural karls)

  1. (historical) A medieval Scandinavian freeman.
    • Whatever its object the runrig system was not udal tenure, and therefore it appears to me to show a settlement of the unfree. Whether these were the karls or the thralls is the only problem, and I incline to think that there is little room for doubt that these were the karls. The thrall may have...a. 1936, Ian B[ernard] Stoughton Holbourn, “Udal Property and the Kings of Foula”, in The Isle of Foula: A Series of Articles on Britain’s Loneliest Inhabited Isle, Edinburgh: Birlinn, published...

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Questions about karls

What is karls the plural of?
Karls is the plural of karl.

Words near karls in the dictionary

  1. karlotoxins
  2. Karlovac
  3. Karlovačka
  4. Karlovy Vary
  5. Karlowski
  6. karls
  7. Karlsen
  8. Karlsens
  9. Karlskrona
  10. Karlson
  11. Karlsons

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