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Edwardian   /ɛdwˈɔrdiən/   Listen
Edwardian

noun
1.
Someone belonging to (or as if belonging to) the era of Edward VII.





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"Edwardian" Quotes from Famous Books



... the Edwardian castles are double surrounding walls, with numerous protecting towers, and the omission of the square ...
— The Leading Facts of English History • D.H. Montgomery
... or Edwardian castles, those of the reigns of Henry III. and Edward I., are concentric—that is, there are several castles in one; so that the besiegers, when they had taken one castle, found themselves face to face with another, still stronger, perhaps, inside it. Of these castles, the most elaborate ...
— A Short History of Wales • Owen M. Edwards
... the Edwardian Reformation was its mildness. There were no Catholic martyrs. It is true that heretics coming under the category of blasphemers or deniers of Christianity could still be put to death by common law, and two men were actually executed for speculations about the divinity ...
— The Age of the Reformation • Preserved Smith
... eyes and ears. Already I'd had time to notice that; for even in these days, when men aren't supposed to be as indispensable to females as they were in Edwardian or Victorian and earlier ages, I don't think it's entirely obsolete for a girl to learn more about a man's looks in three seconds than she picks up about ...
— Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley • C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson


Words linked to "Edwardian" :   sporting man, Edward VII, Edward


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