(~s)
1.
~ means belonging to, connected with, or typical of Britain in the middle and last parts of the 19th century, when Victoria was Queen.
We have a lovely old ~ house.
...The Early ~ Period.
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2.
You can use ~ to describe people who have old-fashioned attitudes, especially about good behaviour and morals.
~ values are much misunderstood...
My grandfather was very ~.
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3.
The ~s were the British people who lived in the time of Queen Victoria.
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