Edwardian
/ɛdˈwɔːdɪən
/adjective
Relating to or characteristic of the reign of King Edward VII: the Edwardian era a fine Edwardian house...
- During the late-Victorian and Edwardian era British clerks were under considerable strain to construct a positive masculine identity and experience.
- Built in 1910, this Edwardian house has been completely restored in recent years by its present owners and retains numerous original features.
- Charleville Square is a modern development of Edwardian style houses off Butterfield Avenue in Rathfarnham, around four miles from the city centre.
noun
A person who lived during the Edwardian period.In writing about the Edwardians, he eschews the conventional attitude which sees the 20th-century 'noughties' as a period of languorous weekends on the estates of the bloated plutocrats with whom Edward VII surrounded himself....
- I was a penniless student trying to tour the Greek mainland with the help of Pausanias, a Roman travel writer who lived nearly 2,000 years ago and was to Imperial Rome what Baedecker was to the Edwardians.
- The Edwardians were no slackers when it came to enjoyment and in their heyday the grand Bohemian resorts of Marienbad and Carlsbad read like a roll call of honour for the great and glorious of the day.
