Carolean

Carolean
/kar'euh lee"euhn/, adj.
characteristic of the time of Charles I and II of England: a Carolean costume.
[1645-55; < ML Carolae(us) (Carol(us) Charles + L -aeus adj. suffix) + -AN]

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