Charles
proper nouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//t͡ʃɑːlz//
- United States//t͡ʃɑɹlz//
- United States//t͡ʃɑ˞lz//
A male given name from the Germanic languages.
proper noun
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A male given name from the Germanic languages.
Charles the Great / Subdued the Saxons, and did seat the French / Beyond the river Sala, in the year / Eight hundred five.
[…] spoke the way the English do, funny, you know? His name was Roger, I think. Or Nigel. Something like that." "How about Charles?" "Charles? Well, yes, it could have been.Charles does sound English, doesn't it? Their prince is named Charles, isn't he?"
That the Koch organization can even attempt this pivot to a less political and more bipartisan stance speaks to the power of what Charles and David Koch built.
In a statement posted on social media, Bondi said that the man, identified in court documents as 37-year-old Sean Charles Dunn, has since been fired. […] On Wednesday night, the FBI director, Kash Patel, said that Dunn had been charged with felony assault on a federal officer.
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A surname originating as a patronymic.
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A hamlet in Brayford parish, North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS6832).
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A neighbourhood of Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
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Synonym of Floreana: an island of Galapagos, Ecuador.
Etymology
From French Charles, from Old French Charles, Carles, from Latin Carolus, from and also reinfluenced by Frankish and Old High German Karl, from Proto-Germanic *karilaz (“free man”); compare the English word churl and the German Kerl. In reference to the Ecuadorian island, a clipping of the original name King Charles's Island, granted in honor of Charles II of England.
Forms
- plural
- Charleses
Charles · A male given name from the Germanic languages.
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