Victorian

Universal Words adjective, noun adjective 1 connected with the period from 1837 to 1901 when Queen Victoria ruled Britain: Victorian architecture / novels / England * the Victorian age / era / period 2 having the attitudes that were typical of society during Queen Victoria's REIGN: Victorian attitudes to sex (= being easily shocked by sexual matters) * She advocated a return to Victorian values (= hard work, pride in your country, etc.). noun a British person who was alive during the period from 1837 to 1901, when Queen Victoria ruled