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Biedermeier

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Bie·der·mei·er  (bdr-mr)
adj.
Of or relating to a type of furniture developed in Germany during the first half of the 19th century and modeled after French Empire styles.
[After Gottlieb Biedermeier, the unsophisticated imaginary author of poems written by Ludwig Eichrodt (1827-1892) and others.]
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Adj.1.Biedermeier - of or relating to a style of furniture developed in Germany in the 19th century


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