carlot
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑː(ɹ)ˌlɒt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun[edit]
carlot (plural carlots)
Etymology 2[edit]
From carl.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑː(ɹ)lət/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun[edit]
carlot (plural carlots)
- (obsolete) A yokel; a peasant or countryman[1]
- c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene v]:
- That the old carlot once was master of.
References[edit]
- ^ “carlot”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.