Victorian
[vik'tɔ:riən]
Definition
(noun.) a person who lived during the reign of Victoria.
(adj.) typical of the moral standards or conduct of the age of Queen Victoria .
(adj.) of or relating to Queen Victoria of Great Britain or to the age in which she ruled; 'Victorian morals' .
Edited by Darrell--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to the reign of Queen Victoria of England; as, the Victorian poets.
Checker: Maryann
Examples
- It was almost as amusing to the Victorian English as the story of Balaam's ass. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was just this dignity of government which the crude Darwinism and the Kiplingism of the later Victorian years were destroying. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Edited by Anselm