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語源 1

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

形容詞

Carolean (comparative more Carolean, superlative 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.
   • 2022 September 9, Caroline Davies, quoting Liz Truss, “Charles to be proclaimed King at St James’s Palace on Saturday”, in The Guardian‎, archived from the original on 9 February 2023:

     Using the still unfamiliar term, she declared that the nation was now entering a new “Carolean age”.

   • 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, archived from the original on 2 January 2026:

     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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名詞

Carolean (plural Caroleans)

1. A contemporary of King Charles I, II, or III.
   • 1918, The Nation, volume 23, page 425:

     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.

語源 2

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

名詞

Carolean (plural Caroleans)

1. (historical) A soldier (or war veteran) of the Swedish kings Charles XI and Charles XII.
   • 2016, Marlaine Delargy, transl., The Man Who Wasn't There, Random House, translation of original by Michael Hjorth and Hans Rosenfeldt, →ISBN:

     More than three thousand Caroleans froze to death up here in the winter of 1718–19. We still find their remains sometimes.

形容詞

Carolean (comparative more Carolean, superlative most Carolean)

1. (historical) Of or relating to the Swedish kings Charles XI and Charles XII.

   the Carolean army