Carolean
Pertaining to a person named Charles or its variants and cognates; or places, things, or eras so named.
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, 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...
- 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...
- 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...
Origin
From Latin Carolus (“Charles”) + -ean. May be decomposed as Carol (“Charles”) + -ean.
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Adjective historical
- Of or relating to the Swedish kings Charles XI and Charles XII.
- the Carolean army
Origin
Calque of Swedish karolin, ultimately derived from Latin Carolus (“Charles”).
Forms
Noun Entry 3
- 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...
Forms
Noun 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...