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1
from or
relating
to the
period
of
British
history
during the
rule
of
Queen
Victoria
(1837-1901):
Examples:
a Victorian house
Charles
Dickens
is one of the best-known Victorian novelists.
2
Victorian
ideas
,
beliefs
, etc. are
ones
considered
to be
typical
of the time when
Queen
Victoria
was
queen
, such as a
belief
in
strict
moral
and
religious
rules
and in the
importance
of family life:
Examples:
Victorian
values
His
attitudes
to
sex
were
positively
Victorian.
3
from or
belonging
or
relating
to the
state
of
Victoria
4
a person who was
alive
while
Queen
Victoria
was
queen
:
Examples:
great Victorians
5
relating
to the
period
1837 to 1901, when
Victoria
was
Queen
of
England
6
A thing can be called Victorian if it was made during this
period
, or in the
style
of this
period
:
Examples:
My great-grandparents had a
huge
Victorian house in
Paris
,
Texas
.
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