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mid-Victorian
[ mid-vik-tawr-ee-uhn, -tohr- ]
/ ˈmɪd vɪkˈtɔr i ən, -ˈtoʊr- /
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adjective
of, relating to, or characteristic of the middle portion (about 1850 to 1890) of the reign of Queen Victoria (reigned 1837–1901) in England: mid-Victorian writers.
noun
a person, as a writer, belonging to the mid-Victorian time.
a person of mid-Victorian tastes, standards, ideas, etc.
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Origin of mid-Victorian
First recorded in 1900–05
OTHER WORDS FROM mid-Victorian
mid-Vic·to·ri·an·ism, nounWords nearby mid-Victorian
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British Dictionary definitions for mid-Victorian
mid-Victorian
adjective
British history of or relating to the middle period of the reign of Queen Victoria (1837–1901)
noun
a person of the mid-Victorian era
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