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Kingston123 Posted 6 years ago
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What does "charge" mean?

Robert: If I might be so bold, Mrs. Jennings, it would be our pleasure to escort your young charge home.

What does "charge" mean?

Source: Sense and Sensibility 1995

  

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a charge is a person, usually young, who is entrusted to the care of another person, who is usually a responsible adult. This is an uncommon word in modern English. Clive

  • a charge is a person, usually young, who is entrusted to the care of another person, who is usually a responsible adult.
  • This is an uncommon word in modern English.
  • Clive
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a charge is a person, usually young, who is entrusted to the care of another person, who is usually a responsible adult.

This is an uncommon word in modern English.

Clive

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