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mid-Victorian definition

mid·-Victorian (mid′vik tôr′ē ən)

adjective

  1. of, like, or characteristic of the middle part of Queen Victoria's reign in Great Britain (c. 1850-90) or the culture, morals, or art of this period
  2. old-fashioned, prudish, morally strict, stuffy, etc.

noun

  1. a person who lived during this period
  2. a person of mid-Victorian ideas, manners, attitudes, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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