What is "chares"

n. (plural of chare English) vb. (en-third-person singular of: chare)

Chares is the name of three prominent ancient Greeks:

• Chares of Athens - a 4th-century BC general;
• Chares of Mytilene - a historian who lived at the court of Alexander the Great;
• Chares of Lindos - a sculptor who created the Colossus of Rhodes

A chare may also be:

• Chare - a dialect term in north-east England for an alleyway