Associations to the word «Edwardian»

Wiktionary

EDWARDIAN, adjective. Of the period in British history from circa 1900 to 1910, when Edward VII ruled the British Empire.

Dictionary definition

EDWARDIAN, noun. Someone belonging to (or as if belonging to) the era of Edward VII.
EDWARDIAN, adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of the era of Edward VII in England; "Edwardian furniture".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats