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JACOBEAN

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any distinguished personage during the reign of James Iplay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Jacobean" is a kind of...):

Englishman (a man who is a native or inhabitant of England)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to James I or his reign or timesplay

Example:

Jacobean writers

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

James I (the first Stuart to be king of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625 and king of Scotland from 1567 to 1625; he was the son of Mary Queen of Scots and he succeeded Elizabeth I; he alienated the British Parliament by claiming the divine right of kings (1566-1625))

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