Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Victorian"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Victorian \Vic*to"ri*an\, a.
Of or pertaining to the reign of Queen Victoria of England;
as, the Victorian poets.
{Victorian period}. See {Dionysian period}, under
{Dyonysian}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Victorian
adj 1: of or relating to Queen Victoria of Great Britain or to the
age in which she ruled; "Victorian morals" [syn: {Victorian}]
2: exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't
approve of my miniskirts" [syn: {priggish}, {prim}, {prissy},
{prudish}, {puritanical}, {square-toed}, {straitlaced}, {straightlaced},
{tight-laced}]
3: typical of the moral standards or conduct of the age of
Queen Victoria [syn: {Victorian}]
n : a person who lived during the reign of Victoria [syn: {Victorian}]
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