Charles

American  

[chahrlz, sharl] / tʃɑrlz, ʃarl /

noun

1. Jacques Alexandre César 1746–1823, French physicist and inventor.

2. Ray Ray Charles Robinson, 1930–2004, U.S. blues singer and pianist.

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

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

5. a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “man.”

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Charles British  

/ tʃɑːlz /

noun

1. Prince of Wales. born 1948, son of Elizabeth II; heir apparent to the throne of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. He married (1981) Lady Diana Spencer; they separated in 1992 and were divorced in 1996; their son, Prince William of Wales, was born in 1982 and their second son, Prince Henry, in 1984; married (2005) Camilla Parker Bowles

2. Ray real name Ray Charles Robinson. 1930–2004, US singer, pianist, and songwriter, whose work spans jazz, blues, gospel, pop, and country music

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Charles Scientific  

/ chärlz /

1. French physicist and inventor who formulated Charles's law in 1787. In 1783 he became the first person to use hydrogen in balloons for flight.

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Example Sentences

The photo appears to be at Sandringham, King Charles's private estate in Norfolk.

From BBC

Earlier this month, King Charles III and Queen Camilla released their own Christmas card with a photo of them in Rome, Italy.

From BBC

Charles Passy explained how to take a balanced approach when considering giving money to your adult children.

From MarketWatch

“Marley was dead,” Charles Dickens begins the novella he subtitled “A Ghost Story of Christmas.”

From The Wall Street Journal

This week, Taylor Swift talked about the Southport stabbing attack, King Charles shared good news about his cancer treatment, and a couple from Wales won a second million-pound lottery jackpot.

From BBC