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Charles

[chahrlz, sharl]

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.”



Charles

/ ʃɑː /

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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Charles

  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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King Charles, who held a reception at Buckingham Palace to mark the anniversary, hailed the Windrush generation's "profound and permanent contribution to British life".

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While Prince William was born in mid-summer on the longest day of the year, his father King Charles has been praising those in Antarctica experiencing the shortest day of the year.

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King Charles has recorded a warm personal message to researchers in Antarctica celebrating a frozen Midwinter's Day, with the monarch praising their work in understanding climate change.

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The rider first made it three from three in juvenile sprints for O'Brien this week with 8-13 favourite Charles Darwin a clear victor of the Norfolk Stakes.

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King Charles, Queen Camilla and the Prince of Wales appeared in a carriage procession at the event on Wednesday - but the Princess of Wales was not in attendance.

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