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Carolean en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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Etymology

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

Meanings

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.
   • 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, archived from the original on 02 Jan 2026:
   • The Carolean court and all that King Charles III holds dear will change significantly in the reign of King William V and Queen Catherine. William will have to be a very different monarch. 2025, Paul Burrell, “The Future”, in The Royal Insider: My Life with the Queen, the King and Princess Diana, London: Sphere, →ISBN:
   • 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:

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Relateds

Carolinian · Carolian · Carolingian · Caroline

Carolean en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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Etymology

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

Meanings

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:

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Carolean en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

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Etymology

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

Meanings

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

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Translations (1)

sv karolinsk (relating to the kings of Sweden)

Carolean en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

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Etymology

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

Meanings

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:

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Translations (3)

es carolino (soldier of Sweden) · sv karolin (soldier of Sweden) · da karoliner (soldier of Sweden)