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VICTORIAN AGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A period in British history during the reign of Queen Victoria in the 19th century; her character and moral standards restored the prestige of the British monarchy but gave the era a prudish reputation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Instance hypernyms:
age; historic period (an era of history having some distinctive feature)