charles martel

noun

1. a.d. 690?–741, ruler of the Franks 714–741 (grandfather of Charlemagne).

noun

1. Charles. Charles Martel.

noun

1. grandfather of Charlemagne. ?688–741 ad, Frankish ruler of Austrasia (715–41), who checked the Muslim invasion of Europe by defeating the Moors at Poitiers (732)

noun

1. See Charles Martel