"kêrel" meaning in Afrikaans

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kêrelmal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kêreltjie"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "af",
        "2": "nl",
        "3": "kerel"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch kerel",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "kerel"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch kerel",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "odt",
        "3": "*karl"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch *karl",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*karilaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *karilaz",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Dutch kerel, from Middle Dutch kerel, carel, caerl, kerl, from Old Dutch *karl, *karal, *keril, from Proto-Germanic *karilaz.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kêrels",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kêreltjie",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "",
        "18": "",
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        "3": "",
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        "8": "",
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      "expansion": "kêrel (plural kêrels, diminutive kêreltjie)",
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "kêreltjie"
      },
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  "lang_code": "af",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
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      "glosses": [
        "fellow, lad, chap"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "fellow",
          "fellow"
        ],
        [
          "lad",
          "lad"
        ],
        [
          "chap",
          "chap"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "boyfriend (romantic)"
      ],
      "id": "en-kêrel-af-noun-Wp61nbKw",
      "links": [
        [
          "boyfriend",
          "boyfriend"
        ]
      ]
    }
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  "word": "kêrel"
}

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    "Afrikaans lemmas",
    "Afrikaans nouns",
    "Afrikaans terms derived from Dutch",
    "Afrikaans terms derived from Middle Dutch",
    "Afrikaans terms derived from Old Dutch",
    "Afrikaans terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Afrikaans terms inherited from Dutch",
    "Afrikaans terms inherited from Middle Dutch",
    "Afrikaans terms inherited from Old Dutch",
    "Afrikaans terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "kêrelmal"
    },
    {
      "word": "kêreltjie"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "nl",
        "3": "kerel"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch kerel",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "kerel"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch kerel",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "odt",
        "3": "*karl"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch *karl",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*karilaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *karilaz",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Dutch kerel, from Middle Dutch kerel, carel, caerl, kerl, from Old Dutch *karl, *karal, *keril, from Proto-Germanic *karilaz.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kêrels",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "diminutive"
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        "fellow, lad, chap"
      ],
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      ]
    },
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      ],
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          "boyfriend",
          "boyfriend"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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}