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Carolean¹

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

adjective more Carolean · 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”.

noun 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.

Carolean²

Where it comes from

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

noun 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.

adjective more Carolean · most Carolean

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

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noun soldier of Sweden

Españolcarolino

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@misc{carolean_2026,
  title = {Carolean},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/carolean},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}