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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) Charles
(Prince of Edinburgh and of Wales) born 1948, heir apparent to the throne of Great Britain (son of Elizabeth II).

2.  Charles
Cape, a cape in E Virginia, N of the entrance to Chesapeake Bay.

3.  Charles
a river in E Massachusetts, flowing between Boston and Cambridge into the Atlantic. 47 mi. (75 km) long.

4. (n.) Charles
Charles I,

5.  Charles
(“the Bald”) a .d . 823–877, king of France 840–877; as Charles II, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 875–877.

6.  Charles
1500–58, king of Spain 1516–56; as Charles V, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1519–56.

7.  Charles
1600–49, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland 1625–49 (son of James I).

8.  Charles
1887–1922, emperor of Austria 1916–18; as Charles IV, king of Hungary 1916–18.

9.  Charles
Charles II,

10.  Charles
1630–85, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland 1660–85 (son of Charles I).

11.  Charles
Charles IV,

12.  Charles
(“Charles the Fair”) 1294–1328, king of France 1322–28.

13.  Charles
(Charles of Luxembourg) 1316–78, king of Germany 1347–78 and Bohemia 1346–78; emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1355–78.

14.  Charles
Charles V,

15.  Charles
(“Charles the Wise”) 1337–81, king of France 1364–80.

16.  Charles
Charles VI (“Charles the Mad” or “Charles the Well-beloved”), 1368–1422, king of France 1380–1422.

17.  Charles
Charles VII (“Charles the Victorious”), 1403–61, king of France 1422–61 (son of Charles VI).

18.  Charles
Charles IX, 1550–74, king of France 1560–74.

19.  Charles
Charles X, 1757–1836, king of France 1824–30.

20.  Charles
Charles XIV,

Definition of 'Charles'

Princeton's WordNet

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

2. (noun) Charles, Charles VII
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) Charles, Charles II, Charles I, Charles the Bald
as Charles II he was Holy Roman Emperor and as Charles I he was king of France (823-877)

4. (noun) Charles, Charles II
King of England and Scotland and Ireland during the Restoration (1630-1685)

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

6. (noun) Charles, Prince Charles
the eldest son of Elizabeth II and heir to the English throne (born in 1948)

7. (noun) Charles, Jacques Charles, Jacques Alexandre Cesar Charles
French physicist and author of Charles's law which anticipated Gay-Lussac's law (1746-1823)

8. (noun) Charlemagne, Carolus, Charles, Charles I, Charles the Great
king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor; conqueror of the Lombards and Saxons (742-814)

9. (noun) Charles, Charles River
a river in eastern Massachusetts that empties into Boston Harbor and that separates Cambridge from Boston

Definitions of 'Charles'

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

1. Charles
a French physicist, born at Beaugency; was the first to apply hydrogen to the inflation of balloons (1746-1823).

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