Edwardian

English Etymology en :af Edward -ian + 1 Pronunciation en ɔː(ɹ)dɪən ɑː(ɹ)dɪən 3 en Edwardean Adjective Of the period in British history from circa 1901 to 1910, when Edward VII ruled the British Empire. en 1962 December A new Pullman era? Modern Railways 362 If the kind of network we envisage is to be established, it would be unwise to begin any of its services hurriedly with older stock, which, however admirable in its day, now has an air of faded Edwardian splendour that is out of joint with the times. en 2013-05-17 w:George Monbiot Money just makes the rich suffer 188 23 19 w:The Guardian Weekly http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/06/politics-envy-keenest-rich In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […]  The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra–wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised. https://web.archive.org/web/20261011071319/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/may/06/politics-envy-keenest-rich 11 October 2026 en 2022 November 16 Paul Bigland From rural branches to high-speed arteries RAIL 970 55 This delightful four-platform station [Bognor Regis] is still controlled by semaphore signals and boasts a lovely red-brick Edwardian building with steel canopies, crowned with a clocktower which dates from 1902. Derived terms en Edwardiana Edwardianism Edwardianly Victwardian Translations relating to the reign of Edward VII Catalan: ca eduardià Dutch: nl edwardiaans Finnish: fi edvardiaaninen French: fr édouardien German: de Edwardisch Hungarian: hu Edward korabeli Portuguese: pt eduardiano Russian: ru эдвардианский Swedish: sv edvardiansk Welsh: cy Edwardaidd Noun en historical A person from the Edwardian era. I Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown 331 So he began, being an Edwardian, by describing accurately and minutely the sort of house Hilda lived in, and the sort of house she saw from the window. House property was the common ground from which the Edwardians found it easy to proceed to intimacy. en eponyms en Historical periods History of the United Kingdom