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
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

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