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An eponym from Charles Martel, Frankish statesman and grandfather of Charlemagne. Reshaping of earlier Carlovingian.

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Carolingian (comparative more Carolingian, superlative most Carolingian)

  1. Of or pertaining to the dynasty that ruled parts of western Europe from the 7th to the 9th centuries.
  2. A style of script: Carolingian minuscule

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Carolingian (plural Carolingians)

  1. Any member of a Frankish noble family with its origins in the Arnulfing and Pippinid clans of the seventh century.

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