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costume drama

costume drama noun: a period piece featuring elaborate costumes which capture the atmosphere of the portrayed era.

Noun

costume drama (plural costume dramas)

  1. A period piece featuring elaborate costumes which capture the atmosphere of the portrayed era.
    • From the works of Jane Austen and novels including Waugh's Brideshead Revisited (1945), D H Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover (1928), Nancy Mitford's The Pursuit of Love (1945), Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca (1938), and Ian McEwan's Atonement (2001) to costume dramas such as Downton Abbey and...2023 November 13, Rosalind Jana, “Saltburn and the bizarre life of Britain's stately homes”, in BBC

Forms of costume drama

pluralcostume dramas

Questions about costume drama

What does costume drama mean?
Costume drama means a period piece featuring elaborate costumes which capture the atmosphere of the portrayed era.
What part of speech is costume drama?
Costume drama is a noun.
What is the plural of costume drama?
The plural of costume drama is costume dramas.

Words near costume drama in the dictionary

  1. costule
  2. costules
  3. costumal
  4. costume
  5. costume change
  6. costume drama
  7. costume dramas
  8. costume jewelery
  9. costume jewelleries
  10. costume jewellery
  11. costume jewelries

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