adj
1. of, living in or made during the rule of Queen Victoria (1837–1901):
The square is dominated by the huge red-brick Victorian town hall.
2. having the qualities associated with middle-class people of the 19th century. These qualities are sometimes called Victorian values . Some people think they are mainly good, and see them as including loyalty, self-control and the willingness to work hard. Others think they are mainly bad, and see them as including sexual hypocrisy, lack of concern for the poor, and lack of a sense of humour:
My mother’s attitude to sex was rather Victorian – she thought it was dirty and refused to talk about it.
► Victorian n
a person living during the rule of Queen Victoria (1837–1901):
The programmes are about famous Victorians like Brunel and Disraeli.