What does "caroline" mean?
Synonym of Carolean.
Caroline
/ˈkæɹ.əˌlaɪn/ adj, name, noun
adj, name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Synonym of Carolean.
- Grammar: caroline is listed as adj, name, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: carolean, carolina, carrie, female name.
- Useful contrasts: surname.
- Usage evidence: Caroline knows better than to spend all her money on clothes.
How to use "caroline"
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Synonym of Carolean.
"The shooting star, which dissolved on reaching earth into dew or ‘jelly’, is very common with Carolines."
- 2 An old silver coin of Italy. historical
"[…] the publication of the book is permitted, and a tax of four carolines on each volume must be paid by the publisher. This sum is exorbitant, when we consider the cheapness of Italian books."
Adjective
- 1 Synonym of Carolean (“relating to the time of Kings Charles I and II of England or Charles III of the United Kingdom, or of the kings themselves”). not-comparable
"For that poem, though in certain ‘strange and high’ qualities it is the inferior of the best jets of the Caroline genius, is one of the most faultless and perfect things in this or indeed in any period of English poetry, and may be said to impart the Caroline essence in a form that can be (in the medical sense) ‘borne’ by all who have any feeling for poetry at all, as hardly anything else does."
Adjective
- 1 of or relating to the life and times of kings Charles I or Charles II of England wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 A female given name from the Germanic languages.
"- - - gentle Sophias milk your cows, and if you ask a pretty smiling girl at a cottage door to tell you her name, the rosy lips lisp out Caroline. A great number of children, amongst the lower classes, are Carolines. That does not, however, wholly proceed from the love of the appellation; though I believe that a queen Margery or a queen Sarah would have had fewer namesakes."
Synonyms
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Example
"Caroline knows better than to spend all her money on clothes."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "caroline"?
Common synonyms include: carolean, carolina, carrie, female name, given name.
How do you use "caroline" in a sentence?
Caroline knows better than to spend all her money on clothes.
How do you pronounce "caroline"?
Pronounced /ˈkæɹ.əˌlaɪn/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Latin Carolus + -ine.
Etymology 2
Borrowed in the 17th century from the French form of Carolina, feminine derivative of Carolus, the Latin equivalent of Charles, which came from Middle High German Karl.