Definition of victorian Victorian

/vɪktɔˈɹiʌn/ - [viktoreeun] - Vic•to•ri•an

We found 14 definitions of victorian from 5 different sources.

What does victorian mean?

Noun
victorian - a person who lived during the reign of Victoria
		mortal, somebody, someone, individual, person, soul a single organism
Adjective
victorian - of or relating to Queen Victoria of Great Britain or to the age in which she ruled; "Victorian morals"
victorian - typical of the moral standards or conduct of the age of Queen Victoria
victorian - exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"
		priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced
		proper appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs; "everything in its proper place"; "the right man for the job"; "she is not suitable for the position"

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victorian (Noun)
A person living, or born in that period, or exhibiting characteristics of the Victorian period.
victorian (Noun)
A person from the state of Victoria in Australia.
victorian (Adjective)
Of, or relating to the reign of Queen Victoria or of that period.
victorian (Adjective)
Of, or displaying the supposed standards or ideals of morality of that period.
victorian (Adjective)
Of the style of architecture or furnishings of that period.
victorian (Adjective)
Of, or relating to the state of Victoria in Australia.
victorian (Adjective)
Based on the culture of that period.

victorian (a.)
Of or pertaining to the reign of Queen Victoria of England; as, the Victorian poets.

Victorian is a term that usually means the time from 1837 to 1901 when Victoria was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or something that was made in or done in a style of that time. It can also mean someone or something from Victoria, Australia.

In the Victorian Era many males wore cut off dark jackets while females wore long extravagant dress gowns.