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Carolean
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Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
From en la Carolus Charles + en -ean. May be decomposed as en Carol ean en Charles.
Adjective
Pertaining to a person named Charles or its variants and cognates; or places, things, or eras so named.
Of or relating to King Charles I of England Charles I, Charles II of England Charles II or en Charles III.
en Caroline Davies Liz Truss https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/09/charles-to-be-proclaimed-king-at-st-jamess-palace-on-saturday Charles to be proclaimed King at St James’s Palace on Saturday 2022-09-09 w:The Guardian Using the still unfamiliar term, she declared that the nation was now entering a new “Carolean age”. https://web.archive.org/web/20230209105609/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/09/charles-to-be-proclaimed-king-at-st-jamess-palace-on-saturday
en 2023-05-06 w:Halimah Yacob Congratulatory Messages from Singapore Leaders on the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III Letter from President Halimah Yacob to His Majesty King Charles III https://www.mfa.gov.sg/Newsroom/Press-Statements-Transcripts-and-Photos/2023/05/20230506slk 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20260102011205/https://www.mfa.gov.sg/newsroom/press-statements-transcripts-and-photos/20230506slk-06-may-2023/
en 2025 w:Paul Burrell The Future https://books.google.com/books?id=QixeEQAAQBAJ&pg=PT307 The Royal Insider: My Life with the Queen, the King and Princess Diana London Sphere 978-1-4087-3423-0 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.
Related terms
en Carolian Caroline Carolinian Carolingian
Noun
A contemporary of King Charles I, II or III.
en 1918 The Nation 23 425 https://books.google.com/books?id=rF9DAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Caroleans%22&dq=%22Caroleans%22&hl=&cd=78&source=gbs_api 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.
Etymology 2
en sv karolin, ultimately derived from en la Carolus Charles.
Noun
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en historical A soldier (or war veteran) of the Swedish kings Charles XI of Sweden Charles XI and Charles XII of Sweden Charles XII.
en 2016 Marlaine Delargy Michael Hjorth; w:Hans Rosenfeldt The Man Who Wasn't There Random House 9781473535367 More than three thousand Caroleans froze to death up here in the winter of 1718–19. We still find their remains sometimes.
Translations
soldier of Sweden
Danish: da karoliner c
Spanish: es carolino m
Swedish: sv karolin c
Adjective
en historical Of or relating to the Swedish kings Charles XI of Sweden Charles XI and Charles XII of Sweden Charles XII.
the Carolean army
Translations
relating to the kings of Sweden
Swedish: sv karolinsk
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