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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Relating to the life and times of Charles I or Charles II of England.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or relating to a person named Carolus or Charles.
  • Same as Carolingian.
  • noun A small éclair with coffee filling and fondant icing.
  • noun A Swedish silver coin of the value of about 38 United States cents.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A coin. See carline.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Relating to the time of Kings Charles I and II.
  • proper noun A female given name. Borrowed in the 17th century from the French form of Carolina, feminine derivative of Carolus, the Latin equivalent of Charles, which came from Middle High German Karl.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective of or relating to the life and times of kings Charles I or Charles II of England

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Medieval Latin Carolīnus, from Carolus, Charles.]

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