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carolean
adj 3noun 2
Collocations
4ADJ.
all, new, united
VERB + CAROLEAN
entering
CAROLEAN + NOUN
army, era
PREP.
in
Definitions
adj
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”.
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.
noun
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.
noun
1
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.
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Synonyms
adjective — of or relating to the life and times of kings Charles I or C
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Idioms & Phrases
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Using the still unfamiliar term, she declared that the nation was now entering a new “Carolean age”.
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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.
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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.
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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 c
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More than three thousand Caroleans froze to death up here in the winter of 1718–19. We still find their remains sometimes.
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the Carolean army
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