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CHARLOTTE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mold lined with cake or crumbs and filled with fruit or whipped cream or custard
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("charlotte" is a kind of...):
afters; dessert; sweet (a dish served as the last course of a meal)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "charlotte"):
charlotte russe (lady fingers enclosing Bavarian cream)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The largest city in North Carolina; located in south central North Carolina
Synonyms:
Charlotte; Queen City
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Charlotte" is a part of...):
N.C.; NC; North Carolina; Old North State; Tar Heel State (a state in southeastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies)
Context examples:
The younger girls formed hopes of coming out a year or two sooner than they might otherwise have done; and the boys were relieved from their apprehension of Charlotte's dying an old maid.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
"I am so glad we are got acquainted at last," continued Charlotte.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
“I see what you are feeling,” replied Charlotte.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
I have not heard of any thing to please me so well since Charlotte was brought to bed.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
Charlotte's reply was spared by the entrance of Jane and Elizabeth.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
When I got to Mr. Palmer's, I found Charlotte quite in a fuss about the child.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
Charlotte the wife of Mr. Collins was a most humiliating picture!
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
I tell every body of it and so does Charlotte.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
Elizabeth, for the sake of saying something that might turn her mother's thoughts, now asked her if Charlotte Lucas had been at Longbourn since her coming away.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Lord bless me! how do you think I can live poking by myself, I who have been always used till this winter to have Charlotte with me.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
