Charles P Ries
Charles Ries may refer to: * Charles P. Ries (diplomat) Charles P. Ries (born 1951) is the vice president, International at the Rand Corporation. Diplomatic career He was the United States Minister for Economic Affairs and Coordinator for Economic Transition in Iraq, serving at American Embassy ... (born 1951), American businessman and diplomat * Charles P. Ries (poet) (born 1952), American poet and writer {{hndis, Ries, Charles ...
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Charles P
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 ...
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