Earle vs Carle - What's the difference?
earle | carle |
(chiefly, Scotland) peasant; fellow
* {{quote-book, year=1820, author=Lord Byron, title=The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 4, chapter=Marino Faliero, edition=
, passage=Had he instead of on the Doge's throne Stamped the same brand upon a peasant's stool, His blood had gilt the threshold; for the carle Had stabbed him on the instant. }}
* {{quote-book, year=1885, author=Charles Kingsley, title=Daily Thoughts, chapter=, edition=
, passage=Ye may fancy I'm talking like a sour, disappointed auld carle . }}
* {{quote-book, year=1913, author=William Morris, title=The Story of the Glittering Plain, chapter=, edition=
, passage=Spake the sad and sorry carle : "We seek the Land where the days are many: so many that he who hath forgotten how to laugh, may learn the craft again, and forget the days of Sorrow." }}
As a proper noun earle
is , variant of earl.As a noun carle is
(chiefly|scotland) peasant; fellow.carle
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Alternative forms
* carlNoun
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