Victorian
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- noun
- /vɪkˈtɔriən/
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- Named the most famous nurse of Victorian times who improved care for wounded soldiers.
- Late Victorians
- most Victorians
That's how well Victorians slept as well.
- That's how well Victorians slept as well.
- Now that like us thinking why did Victorians use children as chimney sweeps?
- There were some incredibly wealthy Victorians who gave tremendous amounts of their wealth, wealth back to society.
Examples
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The Whites live in a modest house, a house which we would now call Victorian.
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I learned that the Victorians took pictures of their dead more readily than of their living.
Fiction book (1993) -
- Um, she was a Victorian.
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Who would have thought that was early Victorian?
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It's a perfect example of New England Victorian.
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Collins, a prominent Victorian, had several other interesting women characters in his books.
Fiction book (2001) -
And I've just been growing up in Victorian Ireland for some reason, just outside Boston.
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In one house, volunteers dressed like Victorians lead the children through a nineteenth-century kitchen.
Academic text (2004) -
Michael's house was a big painted-lady Victorian in an expensive neighborhood in Evanston, near the lake.
Fiction book (1997) -
My great-grandparents were typical Victorians who valued tradition and family.
Compounds
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6.7
A time in British history from 1837 to 1901 with strict social rules and many grand buildings
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5.8
A decorative way of designing rooms and furniture with many small details and rich colors
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7.7
A style of building from Queen Victoria's time with lots of decoration and mixed older styles
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Victorian is a person who lived during Queen Victoria's rule from 1837 to 1901, so calling someone a Victorian simply means they were 'from that time' and may have shared its styles and values.