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CHARNAME

CHARNAME proper noun: the player character of Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn.

Proper noun

CHARNAME (plural CHARNAMEs)

  1. (slang) The player character of Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn.
    • Dexterity doesn't help your CHARNAME hit anything. It only helps CHARNAME to not get hit by others.2018 September 9, preyer, Reddit
    • Valygar and Haer'Dalis were the other two romances for female CHARNAME, however they were cut due to time constraints.2018 September 21, Malbethion, Reddit

Forms of CHARNAME

pluralCHARNAMEs
alternative formCharname

Origin of CHARNAME

From CHARNAME, the placeholder used for the player-entered name in BG1's source code, itself a compound of char (“character”) + name.

Questions about CHARNAME

What does CHARNAME mean?
CHARNAME means the player character of Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn.
What part of speech is CHARNAME?
CHARNAME is a proper noun.

Words near CHARNAME in the dictionary

  1. charms up
  2. charmstone
  3. charmstones
  4. charmwork
  5. Charmyne
  6. CHARNAME
  7. Charndon
  8. Charne
  9. charneco
  10. charnel
  11. charnel house

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: CHARNAME (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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