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Definition of Elizabeth
1. Noun. Daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father (1926-). "Elizabeth II is the head of state in Great Britain"
Group relationships: House Of Windsor, Windsor
Generic synonyms: Queen Of England
2. Noun. 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).
Group relationships: House Of Tudor, Tudor
Generic synonyms: Queen Of England
Derivative terms: Elizabethan
Definition of Elizabeth
1. Proper noun. (Hebrew female given name), popular since the 16th century. ¹
2. Proper noun. (biblical character) The mother of John the Baptist; Elisabeth in later versions of the Bible. ¹
3. Proper noun. (biblical character) Elisheba, the wife of Aaron. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Elizabeth
Literary usage of Elizabeth
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lives of the Queens of England: From the Norman Conquest by Agnes Strickland (1885)
"CHAPTER I. Birth of elizabeth at Greenwich-palace—Her christening—Placed first
in tlu succession—Marriage-negotiation with France—Execution of her ..."
2. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1905)
"the precautions taken by elizabeth and the removal of her captive to Coventry,
disheartened by the want of funds, while Philip characteristically was ..."
3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN, Sidney Lee (1888)
"It was in fact to secure the succession of Lady Margaret in preference to elizabeth
that an effort was made to convict elizabeth of being concerned in the ..."
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