Carolinian

¹

[ kar-uh-lin-ee-uhn ]

adjective

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

noun

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

Carolinian

²

[ kar-uh-lin-ee-uhn ]

adjective

1. Carolingian ( def 1 ).
2. Caroline ¹.

noun

1. Carolingian ( def 3 ).

Carolinian

¹

/ ˌkærəˈlɪnɪən /

adjective

1. a variant of Caroline Carolingian

Carolinian

²

/ ˌkærəˈlɪnɪən /

adjective

1. of or relating to North or South Carolina

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of North or South Carolina

Word History and Origins

Origin of Carolinian¹

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

Origin of Carolinian²

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

Example Sentences

According to the Census Bureau, the median annual income for a South Carolinian family of four is about $58,000.

From The Daily Beast

Rep. Jeff Duncan called fellow South Carolinian Mick Mulvaney to join him in the chapel to pray for Republican leaders.

From The Daily Beast

Even more unthinkable: She wasn't the first South Carolinian mom to do so.

From The Daily Beast

"They could wait a week," a South Carolinian Democratic leader said then.

From The Daily Beast

The Carolinian then related his trading story, which he concluded by carefully reiterating the determination he had made.

From Project Gutenberg

I would ask, being as little familiar with the low country settlements as any native-born Carolinian could be.

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The South-Carolinian retreated in dudgeon, and Gurowski, chuckling, returned to his book or his paper.

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He openly expressed his disapproval, and even dictated a work against it—the Carolinian books.

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The Great Carolinian had a peculiar custom which showed that his coming with song was a ceremony he would not dispense with.

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