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ELIZABETHAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who lived during the reign of Elizabeth I
Example:
William Shakespeare was an Elizabethan
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Elizabethan" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Derivation:
Elizabethan (of or relating to Elizabeth I of England or to the age in which she ruled as queen)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to Elizabeth I of England or to the age in which she ruled as queen
Example:
Elizabethan music
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Elizabeth (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))
Elizabethan age (a period in British history during the reign of Elizabeth I in the 16th century; an age marked by literary achievement and domestic prosperity)
Derivation:
Elizabeth I (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))
Elizabethan (a person who lived during the reign of Elizabeth I)
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