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

Campaigners have taken a petition to Buckingham Palace to call on King Charles to stop the closure of the UK's oldest surviving Indian restaurant.

From BBC

The French foreign ministry says US envoy Charles Kushner should be blocked from access to the government, after he failed to explain comments about an alleged "rise" of violence in France.

From BBC

It is true that he is the first member of the royal family to be arrested since his ancestor King Charles I was tried and executed at Westminster in 1649.

From The Wall Street Journal

Charles Benoit is trade counsel at the Coalition for a Prosperous America.

From MarketWatch

Speaking after his brother Andrew's arrest, King Charles had said: "What now follows is the full, fair and proper process by which this issue is investigated in the appropriate manner and by the appropriate authorities."

From BBC