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Definition Victorian in American English

Victorian adjective

adjective
/vɪkˈtɔriən/
1

relating to the period from 1837 to 1901, when Queen Victoria ruled the U.K.

Example

a Victorian house/novel

Synonyms and related words
Canute czar czarina
2

old-fashioned and with very strict moral attitudes, especially relating to sex, thought to be typical of the Victorian period

Example

Victorian attitudes to parenting

Synonyms and related words
old-fashioned primitive obsolete moral correct right
Definition Victorian in American English