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Carolean

Carolean adjective: pertaining to a person named Charles or its variants and cognates; or places, things, or eras so named.

Adjective (1)

Carolean (comparative more Carolean, superlative most Carolean)

  1. Pertaining to a person named Charles or its variants and cognates; or places, things, or eras so named.
  2. Of or relating to King Charles I, Charles II, or Charles III.
    • Using the still unfamiliar term, she declared that the nation was now entering a new “Carolean age”.2022 September 9, Caroline Davies, quoting Liz Truss, “Charles to be proclaimed King at St James’s Palace on Saturday”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 09 Feb 2023
    • I have every confidence that in this new Carolean era, the United Kingdom will continue to prosper amid lasting peace and stability under Your Majesty’s leadership.2023 May 6, Halimah Yacob, “Letter from President Halimah Yacob to His Majesty King Charles III”, in Congratulatory Messages from Singapore Leaders on the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III...

Noun (1)

Carolean (plural Caroleans)

  1. A contemporary of King Charles I, II, or III.
    • William Cartwright, an elegant minor poet, and one who was to the Caroleans what Tennyson was to the Victorians, is as good an index to the transitional period between poetry and verse as any in the century.1918, The Nation, volume 23, page 425

Noun (2)

Carolean (plural Caroleans)

  1. (historical) A soldier (or war veteran) of the Swedish kings Charles XI and Charles XII.
    • More than three thousand Caroleans froze to death up here in the winter of 1718–19. We still find their remains sometimes.2016, Marlaine Delargy, transl., The Man Who Wasn't There, Random House, translation of original by Michael Hjorth and Hans Rosenfeldt, →ISBN

Adjective (2)

Carolean (comparative more Carolean, superlative most Carolean)

  1. (historical) Of or relating to the Swedish kings Charles XI and Charles XII.
    • the Carolean army

Forms of Carolean

Adjective
comparativemore Carolean
superlativemost Carolean
Noun
pluralCaroleans

Origin of Carolean

From Latin Carolus (“Charles”) + -ean. May be decomposed as Carol (“Charles”) + -ean.

Calque of Swedish karolin, ultimately derived from Latin Carolus (“Charles”).

Questions about Carolean

What does Carolean mean?
Carolean means pertaining to a person named Charles or its variants and cognates; or places, things, or eras so named.
What part of speech is Carolean?
Carolean can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Carolean in the dictionary

  1. Carola's parotia
  2. Carola's parotias
  3. Carolan
  4. Carolans
  5. Carole
  6. Carolean
  7. Caroleans
  8. caroled
  9. carolenalin
  10. Carolene
  11. caroler

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