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Definition of Charles

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

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).

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).

5. Noun. Son of James I who was King of England and Scotland and Ireland; was deposed and executed by Oliver Cromwell (1600-1649).

6. Noun. The eldest son of Elizabeth II and heir to the English throne (born in 1948).

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.

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

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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