mid-Victorian: Meaning and Definition of

mid-Vic•to•ri•an

Pronunciation: (mid'vik-tôr'ē-un, -tōr'-), [key]
— adj.
  1. of, pertaining 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.
—n.
  1. a person, as a writer, belonging to the mid-Victorian time.
  2. a person of mid-Victorian tastes, standards, ideas, etc.
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