Charles

[ chahrlz; French sharl ]

noun

1. Jacques A·le·xan·dre Cé·sar [ah-lek-sah, n, -d, r, uh, sey-, zahr], 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.”

Charles

/ tʃɑːlz /

noun

1. Charles, Prince of Wales1948MBritishPOLITICS: hereditary ruler 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. CharlesRay19302004MUSMUSIC: popular singerMUSIC: pianistMUSIC: songwriter Ray real name Ray Charles Robinson. 1930–2004, US singer, pianist, and songwriter, whose work spans jazz, blues, gospel, pop, and country music

Charles

/ 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.

Example Sentences

Charles “Father” Coughlin, a raving anti-Semite, was one of the most popular radio hosts in the country.

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"He brought Ray Charles to the mix as an influence on rock & roll," E Street Band guitarist Steven Van Zandt once raved.

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“Dwarf mistletoe is freaky, freaky, freaky stuff,” says David Watson, an ecologist at Charles Sturt University in Australia.

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Esther Choi of Mokbar said she has made Korean potato pancakes called gam ja jun, and Charles Rodriguez of PRINT.

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ALEC echoed the ideology of Charles Wilson, the first Defense Secretary in the Eisenhower administration.

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Greenlaw (Charles P.), his efforts in obtaining steam for India, 560.

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That of M. Charles Guenllette is the authority followed here.

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He was created baron Tilbury by Charles I for meritorious services.

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In this sort of entertainment he has had many followers, among whom the most noted was Charles Matthews.

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Its culture however was looked upon with the same disapproval by Charles II.

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