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

When asked by prosecution barrister Charles MacCreanor KC how she was Bernadette broke down in tears and said: "I'm not very good. It's been devastating."

From BBC

“What an odd discipline autobiography turns out to be,” muses Charles Arrowby, the central figure in Iris Murdoch’s novel.

From The Wall Street Journal

French President Emmanuel Macron also said he had ordered the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier group to deploy to the eastern Mediterranean to help protect Cyprus.

From BBC

The Charles de Gaulle carrier has been pulled out of a deployment in the North Atlantic to head for the eastern Mediterranean.

From Barron's

Can he recover his former level and take on Charles Leclerc if the car is competitive?

From BBC