Elizabeth


Definition: Meaning of, Elizabeth in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ɪˈlɪzəbəθ /

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  1. 1533-1603 who was a Catholic queen of England from 1558 to 1603; daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn; she succeeded Mary I 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
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  2. 1926- daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father
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Elizabeth used in phrases

  • Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett
    1. (1836-1917) a British woman who became the first woman to be officially accepted as a doctor by the British Medical Association
  • Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
    1. (1806-61) a British poet who married the poet Robert Browning in 1846
  • Elizabeth Barrett Browning (noun)
    1. 1806-1861 english poet best remembered for love sonnets written to her husband Robert Browning
  • Elizabeth Cady Stanton (noun)
    1. 1815-1902 united States suffragist and feminist; called for reform of the practices that perpetuated sexual inequality
  • Elizabeth Cleghorn Stevenson Gaskell (noun)
    1. 1810-1865 english writer who is remembered for her biography of Charlotte Bronte
  • Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman (noun)
    1. 1867-1922 muckraking United States journalist who exposed bad conditions in mental institutions
  • Elizabeth Gaskell (noun)
    1. 1810-1865 english writer who is remembered for her biography of Charlotte Bronte
  • Elizabeth Haldane (noun)
    1. 1862-1937 scottish writer and sister of Richard Haldane and John Haldane
  • Elizabeth I (noun)
    1. 1533-1603 who was a Catholic queen of England from 1558 to 1603; daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn; she succeeded Mary I 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
  • Elizabeth I, Queen
    1. (1533-1603) the queen of England from 1558 until her death. She never married, and is sometimes called "the Virgin Queen". While she was queen, England's power in the world increased, and the period is sometimes called 'the Elizabethan age', which people think of as a great period in English history.
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