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Meaning of Carolean | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A contemporary of King Charles I, II, or III.
  2. A soldier (or war veteran) of the Swedish kings Charles XI and Charles XII.
    historical

Equivalents

Español carolino
Svenska Karolin karolinsk

Examples

“William Cartwright, an elegant minor poet, and one who was to the Caroleans what Tennyson was to the Victorians, is as good an index to the transitional period between poetry and verse as any in the century.”
“More than three thousand Caroleans froze to death up here in the winter of 1718–19. We still find their remains sometimes.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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