Associations to the word «Victorian»

Wiktionary

VICTORIAN, adjective. Of or relating to the reign of Queen Victoria or the period from 1837 to 1901.
VICTORIAN, adjective. Of or displaying the (supposed) standards or ideals of morality of that period.
VICTORIAN, adjective. Of the style of architecture or furnishings of that period.
VICTORIAN, adjective. Based on the culture of that period.
VICTORIAN, adjective. In relative poverty
VICTORIAN, adjective. Of or relating to the state of Victoria in Australia.
VICTORIAN, noun. A person living, or born in that period, or exhibiting characteristics of the Victorian period.
VICTORIAN, noun. A person from the state of Victoria in Australia.
VICTORIAN, noun. A person from Victoria, British Columbia.

Dictionary definition

VICTORIAN, noun. A person who lived during the reign of Victoria.
VICTORIAN, adjective. Of or relating to Queen Victoria of Great Britain or to the age in which she ruled; "Victorian morals".
VICTORIAN, adjective. Exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts".
VICTORIAN, adjective. Typical of the moral standards or conduct of the age of Queen Victoria.

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