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CHARLES II
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• CHARLES II (noun)
The noun CHARLES II has 2 senses:
1. as Charles II he was Holy Roman Emperor and as Charles I he was king of France (823-877)
2. King of England and Scotland and Ireland during the Restoration (1630-1685)
Familiarity information: CHARLES II used as a noun is rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
As Charles II he was Holy Roman Emperor and as Charles I he was king of France (823-877)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Charles; Charles I; Charles II; Charles the Bald
Instance hypernyms:
Holy Roman Emperor (sovereign of the Holy Roman Empire)
King of France (the sovereign ruler of France)
Sense 2
Meaning:
King of England and Scotland and Ireland during the Restoration (1630-1685)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Charles; Charles II
Instance hypernyms:
King of England; King of Great Britain (the sovereign ruler of England)
Context examples
Then followed the history and rise of the ancient and respectable family, in the usual terms; how it had been first settled in Cheshire; how mentioned in Dugdale, serving the office of high sheriff, representing a borough in three successive parliaments, exertions of loyalty, and dignity of baronet, in the first year of Charles II, with all the Marys and Elizabeths they had married; forming altogether two handsome duodecimo pages, and concluding with the arms and motto:—Principal seat, Kellynch Hall, in the county of Somerset, and Sir Walter's handwriting again in this finale:—Heir presumptive, William Walter Elliot, Esq., great grandson of the second Sir Walter.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
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