Usually means: Elite personal bodyguard in Scandinavia.
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  1. housecarl: Merriam-Webster
  2. housecarl: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. housecarl: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. housecarl: Collins English Dictionary
  5. housecarl: Wordnik
  6. housecarl: Wiktionary
  7. housecarl: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. housecarl: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Housecarl, housecarl: Dictionary.com
  10. Housecarl: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Housecarl: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. housecarl: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. Housecarl: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. housecarl: FreeDictionary.org
  15. housecarl: TheFreeDictionary.com

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

Similar:
Carolean, jarldom, jarlship, mareschal, man-at-arms, nokar, Comcar, chamberlain, carabinero, chariotry, more...

Opposite:
thegn, ceorl, freeman

Types:
thane, reeve, steward, chamberlain, marshal, constable, bailiff, seneschal, more...

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Similar:
Carolean, jarldom, jarlship, mareschal, man-at-arms, nokar, Comcar, chamberlain, carabinero, chariotry, more...

Opposite:
thegn, ceorl, freeman

Types:
thane, reeve, steward, chamberlain, marshal, constable, bailiff, seneschal, more...



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