VICTORIAN AGE

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 I. (noun) 

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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

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Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Instance hypernyms:

age; historic period (an era of history having some distinctive feature)

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