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pre-Victorian
pre-Victorian adj. and n.
Brit. 
/ˌpriːvɪkˈtɔːrɪən/
, /ˌpriːvɪkˈtɔːrɪən/U.S. /ˌpriˌvɪkˈtɔriən/
(a) adj. relating to the period before the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901) (b) n. a person living before the reign of Queen Victoria./ˌpriˌvɪkˈtɔriən/ΘΚΠ
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Victorian1839
early Victorian1871
pre-Victorian1887
middle Victorian1896
post-Victorian1912
neo-Victorian1940
1887 Murray's Mag. Oct. 486 In that golden pre-Victorian age, people did not study Shakespeare.
1933 E. Blunden Charles Lamb 193 It was Lamb's instinctive utterance of indignation against the spirit of the pre-Victorians, the tendency to make a boudoir or a Persian heaven.
1964 D. Owen Eng. Philanthropy (1965) 5 Victorians and pre-Victorians agitated..for more efficient employment of..charitable trusts.
1973 M. R. Booth Eng. Plays of 19th Cent. III. 25 The materialism of the age, its social ambition and self-seeking drive..are topics not really explored in pre-Victorian comedy.
1996 D. Flaherty in C. O. Jackson Other Americans 20 Whatever their status as pre-Victorians, most colonists had a sense of modesty and even prudery in moral matters that helped maintain standards of behavior.
1999 Scout Rep. Archives (Internet Scout Project) (Electronic text) 2 Apr. The textbase is a collection of primarily pre-Victorian (1450-1850) literature written by women.
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