Victorian 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 Victorian house.
...a Victorian-style family portrait.
...The Early Victorian Period.
2. adjective
You can use Victorian to describe people who have old-fashioned attitudes, especially about good behaviour and morals.
Victorian values are much misunderstood.
My grandfather was very Victorian.
3. countable noun [usually plural]
The Victorians were the British people who lived in the time of Queen Victoria.
Victorian in British English
(vɪkˈtɔːrɪən)
adjective
1.
of, relating to, or characteristic of Queen Victoria or the period of her reign
2.
exhibiting the characteristics popularly attributed to the Victorians, esp prudery, bigotry, or hypocrisy
Compare Victorian values
3.
denoting, relating to, or having the style of architecture used in Britain during the reign of Queen Victoria, characterized by massive construction and elaborate ornamentation
4.
of or relating to Victoria (the state or any of the cities)
noun
5.
a person who lived during the reign of Queen Victoria
6.
an inhabitant of Victoria (the state or any of the cities)
Derived forms
Victorianism (Vicˈtorianˌism)
noun
Victorian in American English
(vɪkˈtɔriən)
adjective
1.
of or characteristic of the period of the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901)
2.
showing the middle-class respectability, prudery, bigotry, etc. generally attributed to Victorian England
3.
designating or of a style of architecture, decorations, and furnishings of the 19th cent., characterized by massiveness, flowery carving, and ornate design