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Charles Ferguson (other)
Charles Ferguson may refer to: *Charles A. Ferguson (1921–1998), Stanford University linguist *Charles Frederick Ferguson (c. 1833–1909), Canadian member of parliament *Charles Ferguson (filmmaker) (born 1955), co-founder of Vermeer Technologies Inc. and film director *Charles John Ferguson (1840–1904), English architect *Ferguson brothers killings, Charles Ferguson (died 1946), African American man killed by white police officer See also *Charley Ferguson (1939–2023), American football player *Charlie Ferguson (other) *Charles Fergusson (other) *Charles Ferguson Hoey (1914–1944), Canadian recipient of the VC *Charles Ferguson Smith (1807–1862), U.S. army officer {{hndis, name=Ferguson, Charles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch and German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (< Old English ''ċeorl''), which developed its depr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |