Charles vs Charles - What's the difference?
charles | charles |
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* 1599 William Shakespeare, King Henry V , Act I, Scene II:
* 1844 Edgar Allan Poe: Thou Art the Man :
* 1988 Ed McBain: The House That Jack Built : page 212:
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* 1599 William Shakespeare, King Henry V , Act I, Scene II:
* 1844 Edgar Allan Poe: Thou Art the Man :
* 1988 Ed McBain: The House That Jack Built : page 212:
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is that charles is while charles is .As verbs the difference between charles and charles
is that charles is while charles is .charles
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- 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 . ( ''Note: Charles turns out to be the villain of this story. )
- - - - 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?"
Usage notes
Common given name since the Middle Ages.Anagrams
* ----charles
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- 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 . ( ''Note: Charles turns out to be the villain of this story. )
- - - - 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?"
