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Charles

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: Charles

1
 n
king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor; conqueror of the Lombards and Saxons (742-814)
2
 n
as Charles II he was Holy Roman Emperor and as Charles I he was king of France (823-877)
3
 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)
4
 n
King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)
5
 n
son of James I who was King of England and Scotland and Ireland; was deposed and executed by Oliver Cromwell (1600-1649)
6
 n
King of England and Scotland and Ireland during the Restoration (1630-1685)
7
 n
the eldest son of Elizabeth II and heir to the English throne (born in 1948)
8
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French physicist and author of Charles's law which anticipated Gay-Lussac's law (1746-1823)
9
 n
a river in eastern Massachusetts that empties into Boston Harbor and that separates Cambridge from Boston
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: Charles
1

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

Synonyms:
Carolus, Charlemagne, Charles I, Charles the Great
Example of:
Carlovingian, Carolingian
a member of the Carolingian dynasty
Holy Roman Emperor
sovereign of the Holy Roman Empire
2

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

Synonyms:
Charles I, Charles II, Charles the Bald
Example of:
Holy Roman Emperor
sovereign of the Holy Roman Empire
King of France
the sovereign ruler of France
3

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
Example of:
King of France
the sovereign ruler of France
4

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

Synonyms:
Charles IX
Example of:
King of France
the sovereign ruler of France
5

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
Example of:
King of England, King of Great Britain
the sovereign ruler of England
6

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

Synonyms:
Charles II
Example of:
King of England, King of Great Britain
the sovereign ruler of England
7

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

Synonyms:
Prince Charles
Example of:
Prince of Wales
the male heir apparent of the British sovereign
8

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

Synonyms:
Jacques Alexandre Cesar Charles, Jacques Charles
Example of:
physicist
a scientist trained in physics
9

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

Synonyms:
Charles River
Example of:
river
a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
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