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Definition of Caroline
1. Adjective. Of or relating to the life and times of kings Charles I or Charles II of England.
Derivative terms: Charles, Charles
Partainyms: Charles I, Charles Ii, Charlemagne, Charles I, Charles Ii
Definition of Caroline
1. n. A coin. See Carline.
Definition of Caroline
1. Adjective. Relating to the time of Kings Charles I and II. ¹
2. Proper noun. (given name female from=Germanic). Borrowed in the 17th century from the (etyl fr) form of Carolina, feminine derivative of (term Carolus lang=la), the (etyl la) equivalent of Charles, which came from (etyl gmh) ''Karl''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caroline
Literary usage of Caroline
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Representative American Plays by Arthur Hobson Quinn (1917)
"I 've got to spell out every word! Didn't you know that? caroline. ... Would there
be any harm in my caroline. [Turning on him with sudden vehemence] Why I ..."
2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1887)
"Already, in October 1704, the old lady is found manifesting a wish that by marrying
her grandson, the Electoral Prince of Hanover, caroline might have been ..."
3. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897 by United States President (1896)
"River and within the United States; that this deponent commanded the said caroline,
and that she was cleared from Buffalo with a view to run between said ..."
4. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1906)
"In the course of the day, December twenty-eighth, positive information came to
Colonel McNab that a little steamboat called the caroline had been hired by ..."
5. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1915)
""I wouldn't care if that cat never came back," began Mary caroline defiantly.
... called Mary caroline again. Across the street, in a house a few doors down ..."
6. Poems of American History by Burton Egbert Stevenson (1908)
"BROTHER JONATHAN'S LAMENT FOR SISTER caroline Our stormy-browed sister, ...
O caroline, caroline, child of the sun, There are battles with fate that can ..."
7. Thirty Years' View; Or, A History of the Working of the American Government by Thomas Hart Benton (1856)
"The principal evidence was from the master of the boat—her name, the caroline—and
Schlosser, on the American shore, her homo and harbor. ..."
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