Carolinian

[ kar-uh-lin-ee-uhn ]

adjective

of or relating to North Carolina or South Carolina or both.

noun

a native or inhabitant of North Carolina or of South Carolina.

Origin of Carolinian

First recorded in 1695–1705; Carolin(a) + -ian

Words Nearby Carolinian

Other definitions for Carolinian (2 of 2)

Carolinian²

[ kar-uh-lin-ee-uhn ]

adjective

noun

Carolingian (def. 3).

Origin of Carolinian

<Medieval Latin Carolīn(us) Carolin(e)¹ + -ian

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How to use Carolinian in a sentence

According to the Census Bureau, the median annual income for a South Carolinian family of four is about $58,000.
Good Newt vs. Bad Newt: Gingrich's Split-Personality Disorder | Rich Galen | December 6, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
Rep. Jeff Duncan called fellow South Carolinian Mick Mulvaney to join him in the chapel to pray for Republican leaders.
Washington’s Not-So-Adult Moment | Patricia Murphy | July 29, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
Even more unthinkable: She wasn't the first South Carolinian mom to do so.
The Copycat Killer Mom | Harriet McLeod | August 17, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
"They could wait a week," a South Carolinian Democratic leader said then.
Meet the 'You Lie' Guy | Samuel P. Jacobs | September 10, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST
The Carolinian then related his trading story, which he concluded by carefully reiterating the determination he had made.
Letters from the Alleghany Mountains | Charles Lanman

I would ask, being as little familiar with the low country settlements as any native-born Carolinian could be.
The Master of Appleby | Francis Lynde
The South-Carolinian retreated in dudgeon, and Gurowski, chuckling, returned to his book or his paper.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 | Various
He openly expressed his disapproval, and even dictated a work against it—the Carolinian books.
History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) | John William Draper
The Great Carolinian had a peculiar custom which showed that his coming with song was a ceremony he would not dispense with.
A Bird-Lover in the West | Olive Thorne Miller

British Dictionary definitions for Carolinian (1 of 2)

Carolinian¹

/ (ˌkærəˈlɪnɪən) /

adjective, noun

a variant of Caroline, Carolingian

British Dictionary definitions for Carolinian (2 of 2)

Carolinian²

/ (ˌkærəˈlɪnɪən) /

adjective

of or relating to North or South Carolina

noun

a native or inhabitant of North or South Carolina

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