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carolean

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Car⋅o⋅le⋅an

  [kar-uh-lee-uhn]
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–adjective
characteristic of the time of Charles I and II of England: a Carolean costume.
Origin:
1645–55; < ML Carolae(us) (Carol(us) Charles + L -aeus adj. suffix) + -an
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Car·o·le·an   (kār'ə-lē'ən)   
adj.  Of or relating to Charles I or Charles II of England.

[From Medieval Latin Carolus, Charles.]
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