Advertisement
Definitions of Charles from WordNet
Charles (n.)
King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574);
Synonyms: Charles IX
Charles (n.)
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);
Synonyms: Charles VII
Charles (n.)
as Charles II he was Holy Roman Emperor and as Charles I he was king of France (823-877);
Synonyms: Charles II / Charles I / Charles the Bald
Charles (n.)
King of England and Scotland and Ireland during the Restoration (1630-1685);
Synonyms: Charles II
Charles (n.)
son of James I who was King of England and Scotland and Ireland; was deposed and executed by Oliver Cromwell (1600-1649);
Synonyms: Charles I / Charles Stuart
Charles (n.)
the eldest son of Elizabeth II and heir to the English throne (born in 1948);
Synonyms: Prince Charles
Charles (n.)
French physicist and author of Charles's law which anticipated Gay-Lussac's law (1746-1823);
Synonyms: Jacques Charles / Jacques Alexandre Cesar Charles
Charles (n.)
king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor; conqueror of the Lombards and Saxons (742-814);
Charles (n.)
a river in eastern Massachusetts that empties into Boston Harbor and that separates Cambridge from Boston;
Synonyms: Charles River
Dictionary entries near Charles
charity
charivari
charlatan
charlatanism
Charlemagne
Charles
Charles's Wain
Charleston
charley horse
Charlie
Charlotte
)window.location='https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=byronic106@yahoo.com&lc=US&item_name=Donation+to +Help+Keep+Etymonline+Free+and+Open&no_note=0&cn=&curency_code=USD&bn=PP-DonationsBF:btn_donateCC_LG.gif:NonHosted'){kind=link}