English Explanatory Dictionary

Elizabethan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Pertaining to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, monarch of England and Ireland, from 1558 to 1603.
  2. Often preceded by new or second: pertaining to the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, monarch of the United Kingdom, from 1952 to 2022.
  3. Pertaining to the reign of Empress Elizabeth of Russia, from 1741 to 1762.
noun
  1. A person (especially a writer) who lived during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, monarch of England and Ireland, from 1558 to 1603.
  2. A person who lived during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, monarch of the United Kingdom, from 1952 to 2022.

Pronunciation

/ɪˌlɪzəˈbiːθ(ə)n/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Elizabethan.wav /əˌlɪzəˈbiθ(ə)n/

Word forms

Elizabethan more Elizabethan most Elizabethan Elizabethans

Etymology

From Elizabeth + -an (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives; and forming agent nouns), referring to Elizabeth I (1533–1603), Elizabeth II (1926–2022), and Elizabeth of Russia (1709–1762).

Synonyms

Elizabethian

Derived words

Elizabethan collar Elizabethan English Elizabethanise Elizabethanize Elizabethanism Elizabethanness Elizabethan sonnet Jacobethan Tudorbethan
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