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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, strait-laced,
straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced]
3: typical of the moral standards or conduct of the age of
Queen Victoria [syn: Victorian]
(noun)
1: a person who lived during the reign of Victoria [syn: Victorian]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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