Definition of Charles

1. Noun. King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574).

Exact synonyms: Charles Ix
Generic synonyms: King Of France

2. Noun. King of France who began his reign with most of northern France under English control; after the intervention of Jeanne d'Arc the French were able to defeat the English and end the Hundred Years' War (1403-1461).
Exact synonyms: Charles Vii
Generic synonyms: King Of France

3. Noun. As Charles II he was Holy Roman Emperor and as Charles I he was king of France (823-877).

4. Noun. King of England and Scotland and Ireland during the Restoration (1630-1685).
Exact synonyms: Charles Ii
Generic synonyms: King Of England, King Of Great Britain
Derivative terms: Carolean

5. Noun. Son of James I who was King of England and Scotland and Ireland; was deposed and executed by Oliver Cromwell (1600-1649).
Exact synonyms: Charles I, Charles Stuart
Generic synonyms: King Of England, King Of Great Britain
Derivative terms: Carolean

6. Noun. The eldest son of Elizabeth II and heir to the English throne (born in 1948).
Exact synonyms: Prince Charles
Generic synonyms: Prince Of Wales

7. Noun. French physicist and author of Charles's law which anticipated Gay-Lussac's law (1746-1823).

8. Noun. King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor; conqueror of the Lombards and Saxons (742-814).

9. Noun. A river in eastern Massachusetts that empties into Boston Harbor and that separates Cambridge from Boston.
Exact synonyms: Charles River
Group relationships: Bay State, Ma, Massachusetts, Old Colony
Generic synonyms: River

Definition of Charles

1. Proper noun. (Germanic male given name). ¹

2. Proper noun. (surname patronymic from=given names) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Charles

Charente-Maritime
Chargaff's rule
Chari
Chari-Nile
Chari River
Charina
Charina bottae
Charioteer
Charismatic
Charismatic Movement
Charismatics
Charity
Charlemagne
Charlene
Charleroi
Charles (current term)
Charles' Wain
Charles's Wain
Charles's law
Charles A. Lindbergh
Charles Andre Joseph Marie de Gaulle
Charles Augustin de Coulomb
Charles Augustus Lindbergh
Charles Baudelaire
Charles Bullfinch
Charles Camille Saint-Saens
Charles Christopher Parker
Charles Cornwallis
Charles Dana Gibson
Charles Darwin

Literary usage of Charles

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1909)
"On October 31 Charles marched from Edinburgh upon an enterprise bravely executed, ... Charles marched to the border with 5000 foot, 500 horse, and 13 guns. ..."

2. Proceedings by American Society of Civil Engineers (1902)
"GEORGE H. BENZENBERG, JOHN R. FREEMAN, * Secretary, Charles WARREN HUNT. Treasurer, JOSEPH M. KNAP. Directors. Term expires January, Term expires January, ..."

3. The Century of the Renaissance: Crowned by the Académie Des Sciences Morales by Louis Batiffol, John Edward Courtenay Bodley (1916)
"Charles VIII,- : the Regency of Anne de Beaujeu ; States-General of ; Rebellion of the Duke of Orleans and the Mad War ; Battle of Saint-Aubin du Cormier ..."

4. Lives of the Queens of England: From the Norman Conquest by Agnes Strickland (1848)
"WHEN the beautiful daughter of Henry the Great became the bride of Charles I., two centuries had elapsed since France had given a queen- consort to England. ..."

5. The Pilgrim Fathers of New England and Their Puritan Successors by John Brown (1895)
"From a sketch by Charles GOVERNOR BRADFORD'S COTTAGE AT AUSTERFIELD. i. ... From sketches by Charles Whymper . . . . . . . . ANCIENT PEWS IN SCROOBY CHURCH ..."

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