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Caroline

1

[ kar-uh-lahyn, -lin ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to Charles, especially Charles I and Charles II of England or their times.


Caroline

2

[ kar-uh-lin, -lahyn ]

noun

  1. a female given name.

Caroline

/ ˈkærəˌlaɪn; ˌkærəˈliːən /

adjective

  1. Also calledCarolinian characteristic of or relating to Charles I or Charles II, kings of England, Scotland, and Ireland, the society over which they ruled, or their government
  2. of or relating to any other king called Charles


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Caroline1

1645–55; < Medieval Latin Carolīnus, equivalent to Carol(us) Charles + -īnus -ine 1( def )

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Example Sentences

Caroline, a physician in California who is using her middle name to protect her son and because her employer will not allow her to speak to the media, took her ex-husband to court so she could vaccinate their 12-year-old.

Despite Caroline’s requests, he declined to talk to their pediatrician.

In 2006, Nixon won a Helen Hayes Award for her leading role as the character Caroline Thibodeaux in the Broadway musical “Caroline, or Change.”

The film takes a look at Caroline’s early years and her intense commitment to competition climbing, her all consuming focus on winning and how the death of her mother led to her seeking changes in her life.

Even Caroline, we learn this season, is not exactly the omnipotent boss woman she pretends to be in front of her employees.

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Caroline Trimm, a nurse counselor at Greenwich House in the SoHo district of Manhattan, seems to have the opposite view.

Caroline Kennedy has discovered that being ambassador to Japan is no longer an easy life.

The Obama visit is an important display of solidarity, but once he leaves, Caroline Kennedy will be left to handle Tokyo.

Caroline Sweeney, the police reporter for the Pottstown Mercury, updates the page at least once a week.

He cites two rocket engineers, Geoff Daly and Caroline Campbell, who contest this claim.

Though Caroline only brought with her a dot of forty thousand francs, she stood for what was better still, immense possibilities.

Your daughter Caroline is exceedingly proud of the somewhat rounded form of her waist.

When her daughter laughs, she weeps; when Caroline wishes her happiness public, she tries to conceal hers.

In order to compensate herself for the silence to which young ladies are condemned, Caroline talks; or rather babbles.

Caroline should keep watch over herself; you vaunt silence as the surest method of being witty.

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