housecarl

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housecarl - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Housecarl \House"carl`\, n. [OE. huscarle. See House, and
     Carl.] (Eng. Arch[ae]ol.)
     A household servant; also, one of the bodyguard of King
     Canute.
     [1913 Webster]