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charles

/tʃˈɑɹlz/noun1 syllable

Charles means: king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor; conqueror of the Lombards and Saxons (742-814).

Synonyms for charles17

noun, as in king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor; conqueror of the Lombards and Saxons (742-814)

Charlemagne, Carolus, Charles I, Charles the Great

noun, as in as Charles II he was Holy Roman Emperor and as Charles I he was king of France (823-877)

Charles II, Charles I, Charles the Bald

noun, as in son of James I who was King of England and Scotland and Ireland; was deposed and executed by Oliver Cromwell (1600-1649)

Charles I of England, Charles I, Charles Stuart

noun, as in King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)

Charles IX of France, Charles IX

noun, as in 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)

Charles VII of France, Charles VII

noun, as in King of England and Scotland and Ireland during the Restoration (1630-1685)

Charles II of England, Charles II

noun, as in French physicist and author of Charles's law which anticipated Gay-Lussac's law (1746-1823)

Jacques Charles, Jacques Alexandre Cesar Charles

noun, as in the eldest son of Elizabeth II and heir to the English throne (born in 1948)

Prince Charles

noun, as in a river in eastern Massachusetts that empties into Boston Harbor and that separates Cambridge from Boston

Charles River

What does charles mean?9

noun

1

king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor; conqueror of the Lombards and Saxons (742-814)

2

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

3

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

4

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

5

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)

6

King of England and Scotland and Ireland during the Restoration (1630-1685)

7

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

8

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

9

a river in eastern Massachusetts that empties into Boston Harbor and that separates Cambridge from Boston

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Charles in a sentence

  • Charles always takes the line of least resistance.Scott
  • Charles lived a life of debauchery when he was young.CP
  • I tried to get Charles to help me, but he wouldn't.CN
  • She fell in love with Charles at first sight.sundown
  • Charles Walcot investigated the magnetic compass bearing sense in pigeons.unknown
  • Prince Charles is the heir to the throne.Hybrid
  • She liked Charles as soon as she met him.CN
  • Caroline hasn't sat next to Charles for more than a year.sundown

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