Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Caroline.
- adjective Of or relating to Charlemagne and his times.
- adjective Of or relating to Carolina or the Carolinas.
- noun A native or inhabitant of Carolina or the Carolinas.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the Carolinas, or to either of the two States of North and South Carolina.
- noun A native or an inhabitant of either North or South Carolina.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A native or inhabitant of north or South Carolina.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, or pertaining to, the
Carolinas (North Carolina orSouth Carolina ) - adjective
Carolingian - noun A resident of the
Carolinas (North Carolina orSouth Carolina ) - noun An
Austronesian language, one of the official languages of theNorthern Mariana Islands
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a native or resident of the Carolinas
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Examples
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(Royall, a North Carolinian, is not quite Great American material — he resigned rather than enforce Truman’s order to desegregate the Armed Forces.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Lawyers, Treason, and Deception: A Response to Andrew McCarthy 2010
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Well, at least it’s not in Carolinian (yep, which is a separate language not even related to English); -) ....
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(Royall, a North Carolinian, is not quite Great American material — he resigned rather than enforce Truman’s order to desegregate the Armed Forces.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Lawyers, Treason, and Deception: A Response to Andrew McCarthy 2010
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That's why this is called the Carolinian zone of Canada, sort of a straight line between Toronto and Goderich, south is the Carolinian zone.
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The Carolinian was the most moderate of the company, giving his attention chiefly to the game, and throwing out his one remark concerning the worrying of Greeley with an air of simply civil assent to the general meaning of the conversation, as an exchange of anti-abolition sentiments.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 Various
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The ecoregion is the most northward distribution of many 'Carolinian' species in North America.
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Lieutenant Colonel Franklin Gaillard is not known to fame by his military record alone, but was known and admired all over the State as the writer of the fiery editorials in the "Carolinian," a paper published in Columbia during the days just preceding Secession, and noted for its ardent State Rights sentiment.
History of Kershaw's Brigade D. Augustus Dickert
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If I were a South Carolinian, which is about as improbable as Greene’s primary victory on Tuesday, I would feel compelled to vote in the fall for Jim DeMint, the Republican incumbent, the most conservative senator around.
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On the last page of last week's "Carolinian," our readers will have seen, we gave place to a communication relative to the formation of an Auxiliary Bible Society among the Students of the University of North Carolina.
North Carolina Schools and Academies 1790-1840 A Documentary History Charles Lee 1915
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Pete Wilder, 'Carolinian' columnist and former baseball pitcher, throws the first pitch at a Durham Bulls game.
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