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VICTORIAN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who lived during the reign of Victoria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Victorian" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Derivation:

Victorian (of or relating to Queen Victoria of Great Britain or to the age in which she ruled)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Typical of the moral standards or conduct of the age of Queen Victoria

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

nonmodern (not modern; of or characteristic of an earlier time)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Exaggeratedly proper

Example:

my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts

Synonyms:

priggish; prim; prissy; prudish; puritanical; square-toed; straight-laced; straightlaced; strait-laced; straitlaced; tight-laced; victorian

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

proper (marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Of or relating to Queen Victoria of Great Britain or to the age in which she ruled

Example:

Victorian morals

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Victoria (queen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India from 1837 to 1901; the last Hanoverian ruler of England (1819-1901))

Victorian age (a period in British history during the reign of Queen Victoria in the 19th century; her character and moral standards restored the prestige of the British monarchy but gave the era a prudish reputation)

Derivation:

Victoria (queen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India from 1837 to 1901; the last Hanoverian ruler of England (1819-1901))

Victorian (a person who lived during the reign of Victoria)

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