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proper noun

Victoria n.

(Bot.) A genus of aquatic plants named in honor of Queen Victoria. The Victoria regia is a native of Guiana and Brazil. Its large, spreading leaves are often over five feet in diameter, and have a rim from three to five inches high; its immense rose-white flowers sometimes attain a diameter of nearly two feet.

A kind of low four-wheeled pleasure carriage, with a calash top, designed for two persons and the driver who occupies a high seat in front.

(Astron.) An asteroid discovered by Hind in 1850; called also Clio.

One of an American breed of medium-sized white hogs with a slightly dished face and very erect ears.

Victoria cross, a bronze Maltese cross, awarded for valor to members of the British army or navy. It was first bestowed in 1857, at the close of the Crimean war. The recipients also have a pension of £10 a year.

Victoria green. (Chem.) See Emerald green, under Green.

Victoria lily (Bot.), the Victoria regia. See def. 1, above.

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"Victoria" Quotes from Famous Books

... Francisco del Barrio, native and son of Victoria; aged twenty-six years, eight years in the order; in the ...

— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898: Volume XIV., 1606-1609 • Various

... BUELOW, and have done much to disprove my personal belief in the non-existence of German humour. But throughout his book Sir CHARLES is the best of good company. Whether he is chatting about Royalty—there is a rather moving little anecdote of QUEEN VICTORIA and TENNYSON that was new to me—or telling again the often-told history of the Cambridge Greek Plays and the A.D.C., he has a happy pen for a point, and even the chestnuts inevitable in such a collection are ...

— Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 23, 1914 • Various

... Victoria was the escaped convict Buckley; but he did not cultivate the country, nor civilise the natives. The natives, on the contrary, uncivilised him. When white men saw him again, he had forgotten even his mother tongue, and could give them little ...

— The Book of the Bush • George Dunderdale

... occur to you," throwing back the robes so that she might step into the victoria, "that fate has a special grudge against me? Once was not enough, but ...

— Arms and the Woman • Harold MacGrath

... complete the fiction-like aspect of the affair, there was even a 'captain' in the matter—as good a villain as ever shone in short hose and cut doublet at the 'Strand' or 'Victoria.' Captain Matthews was a married man, and a very naughty one. He was an intimate friend of the Linleys, and wanted to push his intimacy too far. In short, 'not to put too fine a point on it' (too fine a point is precisely what never is put), he attempted to seduce the pretty, innocent girl, ...

— The Wits and Beaux of Society - Volume 2 • Grace & Philip Wharton

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