26984 words

victorian

6 definitions • 6 examples
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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