Home › Words › C › carlecarlecarle means A surname.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, carle ranks #2,613 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologyVariant of carl.nameA surname.nounpeasant; fellowe.g.“Eh, Mr Henry! but the carle gae him a screed o' doctrine! Ye might hae heard him a mile down the wind—He routed like a cow in a fremd loaning.” — 1816, Jedadiah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], chapter I, in Tales of My Landlord, […], volume III (Old Mortality), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for William Blackwood, […]; LondonDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.carl 65% match — A rude, rustic man; a churl. vs carle →contadino 61% match — An Italian peasant. vs carle →callant 59% match — lad, boy vs carle →karl 59% match — A medieval Scandinavian freeman. vs carle →paesano 59% match — An Italian peasant or rustic. vs carle →cowherder 59% match — cowherd vs carle →varletto 57% match — A varlet; a scoundrel. vs carle →boor 56% match — A peasant. vs carle →