Charles

(noun) King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574). Synonyms: Charles IX.

(noun) King of France who began his reign with most of northern France under English control; after the intervention of Jeanne d'Arc the French were able to defeat the English and end the Hundred Years' War (1403-1461). Synonyms: Charles VII.

(noun) as Charles II he was Holy Roman Emperor and as Charles I he was king of France (823-877). Synonyms: Charles II, Charles I, Charles the Bald.

(noun) King of England and Scotland and Ireland during the Restoration (1630-1685). Synonyms: Charles II.

(noun) son of James I who was King of England and Scotland and Ireland; was deposed and executed by Oliver Cromwell (1600-1649). Synonyms: Charles I, Charles Stuart.

(noun) the eldest son of Elizabeth II and heir to the English throne (born in 1948). Synonyms: Prince Charles.

(noun) French physicist and author of Charles's law which anticipated Gay-Lussac's law (1746-1823). Synonyms: Jacques Charles, Jacques Alexandre Cesar Charles.

(noun) king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor; conqueror of the Lombards and Saxons (742-814). Synonyms: Charlemagne, Carolus, Charles I, Charles the Great.

(noun) a river in eastern Massachusetts that empties into Boston Harbor and that separates Cambridge from Boston. Synonyms: Charles River.