"trull" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /tɹʌl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-trull.wav [Southern-England] Forms: trulls [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌl Etymology: From Middle English trul (“travel about”), from Old French troller, treiller (“to hunt”). Doublet of troll. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|trollen|trul|t=travel about}} Middle English trul (“travel about”), {{der|en|fro|troller}} Old French troller, {{m|fro|treiller||to hunt}} treiller (“to hunt”), {{doublet|en|troll|id1=saunter}} Doublet of troll Head templates: {{en-noun}} trull (plural trulls)
  1. (archaic) A female prostitute or harlot. Tags: archaic Synonyms: prostitute Translations (A female prostitute or harlot): уличница (uličnica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), проститу́тка (prostitútka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), проститу́тка (prostitútka) [feminine] (Russian), шлю́ха (šljúxa) [feminine] (Russian), karı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-trull-en-noun-6k2IRFBr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /tɹʌl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-trull.wav [Southern-England] Forms: trulls [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌl Etymology: From French tous les trois (“all three”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|tous les trois||all three}} French tous les trois (“all three”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} trull (plural trulls)
  1. (card games) A set of three special trump cards used in some Tarock games, having a higher value than the other trumps. Categories (topical): Card games
    Sense id: en-trull-en-noun-qHw9nyBj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Topics: card-games, games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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