Charles

Etymology
From the Charles:, from the  Karl:, from the ; compare the English word churl and the German Kerl.

Proper noun

 * 1) * 1599 William Shakespeare, King Henry V, Act I, Scene II:
 * Charles the Great / Subdued the Saxons, and did seat the French / Beyond the river Sala, in the year / Eight hundred five.
 * 1) * 1844 Edgar Allan Poe: Thou Art the Man:
 * - - - 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. ( Note: Charles turns out to be the villain of this story.)
 * 1) * 1988 Ed McBain: The House That Jack Built: page 212:
 * - - - 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?"
 * - - - 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?"

Related terms

 * diminutives: Charley, Charlie, Chuck, Chas.
 * variants: Carl, Carroll, Karl
 * feminine forms: Carla, Carly, Carol, Carole, Carolina, Caroline, Carrie, Charlene, Charlotte, Lottie

Translations

 * Bengali: চার্লস
 * Breton: Charlez
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 * Dutch: ,
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 * Italian:
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: Kārlis
 * Lithuanian: Karolis
 * Macedonian: Чарлс
 * Maltese:, ,
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 * Russian: Карл
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene: Drago, Dragotin, Karel
 * Spanish:
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Anagrams

 * larches

Proper noun
Charles


 * , cognate to English Charles

Proper noun

 * , cognate to Charles

Proper noun

 * 1)  borrowed from English and French.

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