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# edwardian

«edwardian» in Mova's school dictionary: **Belonging to the time when Edward VII was king of the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (Edwardian); noun (an Edwardian, Edwardians)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Belonging to the time when Edward VII was king of the United Kingdom, from 1901 to 1910 (often stretched to 1914, before the First World War). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edwardian/#m1)

2) (noun) A person who lived in that time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edwardian/#m2)

3) In a style typical of that time: clothes, houses, furniture. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edwardian/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

The Wind in the Willows (1908) is an Edwardian book: Toad's new motor cars, gramophones, picnics, steamers, gentlemen with servants and the gaol all belong to Edwardian England. In history lessons the Edwardian era follows the Victorian one. Edwardian houses often have bay windows and big gardens. Phrases: «Edwardian England», «the Edwardian era», «an Edwardian house».

### examples

- Our school is in an old Edwardian building. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edwardian/#x1)
- The Wind in the Willows was written in Edwardian times. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edwardian/#x2)
- Edwardian ladies wore long dresses and huge hats. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edwardian/#x3)
- The first cars appeared on Edwardian roads and scared horses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edwardian/#x4)
- We dressed up as Edwardians for history day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edwardian/#x5)
- The Edwardian era came after the Victorian era. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edwardian/#x6)

### note

Always a capital E because it comes from a name (Edward). The input is lower case only because of the word list. Do not confuse with «Elizabethan» or «Victorian».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «edwardian» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edwardian/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.