Charles

Definitions

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
   countable, uncountable
2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
   countable, uncountable
3. A hamlet in Brayford parish, North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS6832).
   countable, uncountable
4. A neighbourhood of Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
   countable, uncountable
5. Synonym of Floreana: an island of Galapagos, Ecuador.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Charles the Great / Subdued the Saxons, and did seat the French / Beyond the river Sala, in the year / Eight hundred five.”

“[…] there never was any person named Charles who was not an open⟳, manly, honest, good-natured, and frank-hearted fellow, with a rich, clear, voice, that did you good to hear⟳ it, and an eye that looked at you always straight at the face⟳, as much as to say⟳: "I have⟳ a clear conscience myself, am afraid of no man, and am altogether above doing a mean⟳ action." And thus all the hearty, careless, 'walking gentlemen' of the stage⟳ are very certain to be called Charles.”

“[…] 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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