"Biedermeier" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Borrowed from German Biedermeier. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|de|Biedermeier}} Borrowed from German Biedermeier Head templates: {{en-prop}} Biedermeier
  1. (historical) A period in Central Europe between 1815 and 1848 during which the middle class grew in number and the arts appealed to common sensibilities and a sense of parochialism, starting with the Congress of Vienna at the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 and ending with the onset of the Revolutions of 1848. Tags: historical Translations (Translations): Biedermeier [neuter] (German), бидерма́ер (bidermáer) [masculine] (Macedonian), biedermeier [masculine] (Polish)
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