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A female given name from Ancient Greek, of less common usage, variant of Catherine. quotations examples
A great number of children, amongst the lower classes, are Carolines. - - - A clergyman in my neighbourhood used to mistake the sound, and christen the babies Catharine; - a wise error, for Kate is a noble abbreviation.
1830, Mary Russell Mitford, Our Village: Fourth Series: Cottage Names: