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CARLOVINGIAN
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• CARLOVINGIAN (noun)
The noun CARLOVINGIAN has 1 sense:
1. a member of the Carolingian dynasty
Familiarity information: CARLOVINGIAN used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
A member of the Carolingian dynasty
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Carlovingian; Carolingian
Hypernyms ("Carlovingian" is a kind of...):
crowned head; monarch; sovereign (a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right)
Instance hyponyms:
Carolus; Charlemagne; Charles; Charles I; Charles the Great (king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor; conqueror of the Lombards and Saxons (742-814))
Pepin; Pepin III; Pepin the Short (king of the Franks and father of Charlemagne who defended papal interests and founded the Carolingian dynasty in 751 (714-768))
Holonyms ("Carlovingian" is a member of...):
Carlovingian dynasty; Carolingian dynasty (a Frankish dynasty founded by Charlemagne's father that ruled from 751 to 987)
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