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Trull

Trull \Trull\, n. [G. trolle, trulle; cf. OD. drol a jester, Dan. trold an elf, imp, Sw. troll a goblin, Icel. troll, tr["o]ll, a giant, fiend, demon. Cf. Droll, Troll.]

  1. A drab; a strumpet; a harlot; a trollop.
    --Shak.

  2. A girl; a wench; a lass. [Obs.]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
trull

"a low prostitute or concubine; a drab, strumpet, trollop" [OED], 1510s, from German trulle "trollop, wench, hussy," perhaps cognate with troll (n.), or perhaps from troll (v.), compare Middle High German trolle "awkward fellow," Swabian trull "a thick, fat woman."

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trull

n. A female prostitute or harlot.

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Trull

Trull is a village, electoral ward and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated near Taunton. The parish which includes Dipford has a population of 2,288.

Trull (surname)

Trull is an English language surname. It may refer to:

  • Andrew Trull (1956–2004), British scientist
  • Don Trull (born 1941), American football player
  • Frankie Trull (born 1958), American lobbyist
  • John Trull (1738–1797), American military leader
  • Tammy Trull (born 1984), American actress
  • Teresa Trull (born 1950), American singer

Usage examples of "trull".

I, who have trodden upon kingdoms and humbled sultans, come to my doom because of a cringing trull and a Caphar renegade!

It would join with these two armies, Trull knew, somewhere close to Brans Keep, and there the fate of Lether, and indeed of the Edur empire, would be decided in a single battle.

The Ruga Corporation still functioned on a basis of mutual trust, and all accepted Jubal Trull as the family head and company President, though the later generations did not really understand why.

Gagging, Trull stumbled across, his moccasins plunging down into warm pockets, lifting clear sheathed in blood and bile.

Trull saw Hannan Mosag stagger, sheathed in blood, his hands reaching back, groping, the left one landing atop one of the sacks and clutching tight.

The smeared gleam of amber eyes was fixed on him, and Trull reached for his sword, only to find the scabbard empty.

The most calloused trull would do it, given a fingerbreadth of encouragement, and other women took even less.

Trull watched a demon stagger, twice impaled, then soldiers rushed in, swords hacking.

Nowadays its hundred or so blocks were the bright and lively haunt of alcoholics, agnostics, artists, atheists, beggars, cutthroats, deserters, drug dealers, evangelists, footpads, gentry, heathens, informers, jays, knife grinders, lesbians, libertines, mollyboys, musicians, navvies, ostlers, physicians, queers, recruiters, reformers, sailors, socialists, trulls, users, vagabonds, watchmakers, xenophiles, and yuppies.

Trull crouched to return the two cussers to the box, affixed the lid once more and slung the contrivance over a shoulder, then straightened and accepted the stone blade.