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ELIZABETH I
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Queen of England from 1558 to 1603; daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn; she succeeded Mary I (who was a Catholic) and restored Protestantism to England; during her reign Mary Queen of Scots was executed and the Spanish Armada was defeated; her reign was marked by prosperity and literary genius (1533-1603)
Synonyms:
Elizabeth; Elizabeth I
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
Queen of England (the sovereign ruler of England)
Holonyms ("Elizabeth I" is a member of...):
House of Tudor; Tudor (an English dynasty descended from Henry Tudor; Tudor monarchs ruled from Henry VII to Elizabeth I (from 1485 to 1603))
Derivation:
Elizabethan (of or relating to Elizabeth I of England or to the age in which she ruled as queen)
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