Meanings
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1
noun
archaic and disparaging: a woman who sells sex, or a woman insultingly characterized as sexually immoral
The rake uses the archaic slur trull to degrade the woman he claims to admire.
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2
noun
in some Tarock card games, the set of three highest special trumps
The player held two of the three cards that make up the trull.
Thesaurus
Etymology
The insulting noun is of uncertain origin, probably connected with Middle English trollen, 'to wander,' through Old French troller or treiller, 'to hunt or range about.' The unrelated card-game sense entered through German Trull for the three special Tarock trumps.