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comparative more Carolean, superlative most Carolean
Pertaining to a person named Charles or its variants and cognates; or places, things, or eras so named. examples
Of or relating to King Charles I, Charles II, or Charles III. quotations examples
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
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
plural Caroleans
A contemporary of King Charles I, II, or III. quotations examples
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
(historical) A soldier (or war veteran) of the Swedish kings Charles XI and Charles XII. quotations
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
(historical) Of or relating to the Swedish kings Charles XI and Charles XII.