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Victorian

Pronunciation: /vɪkˈtɔːrɪən/

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Definition of Victorian

adjective

  • relating to the reign of Queen Victoria:a Victorian house
  • relating to the attitudes and values of society during Queen Victoria’s reign, regarded as characterized especially by prudishness and a high moral tone: a return to Victorian values

noun

  • a person who lived during the Victorian period: the Victorians had a passion for documenting, cataloguing and classifying the world around them

Derivatives

Victorianism

noun

Victorian in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Victorian in the US English dictionary