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  • noun Plural form of Carolinian.

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Examples

  • As a former North Carolinian for most of my life and now a resident of Ohio, I can only hope that North Carolinians from the mountains to the coast cast their votes for Barack Obama.

    Back in North Carolina, Clinton targets small-town USA 2008

  • Despite our friendly joshing during the regrettable war between the states Virginians called the Carolinians "tarheels," because they'd have to tar the Carolinians' heels to keep them from running away; while the Carolinians called the Virginians "scrape-backs," because the Carolinians would scrape up their backs running over them to get at the Yankees, North Carolinians and Southern Virginians have a lot in common.

    Archive 2009-09-01 Donald Goodman 2009

  • P.S. "Carolinians", I'm real bad with spelling, Carolina, should have been Caroline etc.

    Chronicle.com - Today's News 2009

  • P.S. "Carolinians", I'm real bad with spelling, Carolina, should have been Caroline etc.

    Chronicle.com - Today's News 2009

  • Sanford has frequently appeared in ads funded by 501 (c) 3 groups such as Carolinians for Change.

    TheState.com: The Buzz 2009

  • Many North Carolinians are apparently unaware that this particular amendment bans both same-sex marriage and civil unions unlike Minnesota's, whereas 56% of North Carolinians support some form of recognition for same-sex couples.

    Running the numbers on same-sex marriage amendment ballots | Harry J Enten 2012

  • But South Carolinians don't just disagree, they've put him forward as the best hope to beat Obama in the fall.

    Newt Gingrich's one-day wonder in South Carolina | Ana Marie Cox 2012

  • In this dark derisive period in politics, South Carolinians have chosen Newt Gingrich for the highest political office in the nation.

    Jim Worth: America Newtered Jim Worth 2012

  • He did not mention that the last of his North Carolinians had abandoned him.60

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • Many South Carolinians say Mr. Romney's Mormon faith includes the values they believe are important in a candidate.

    Hope Dims for an Evangelical Pick Neil King Jr. 2012

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