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Elizabethan(dictionary)
Elizabethan literature(encyclopedia)

Elizabethan (iou)



Elizabethan adjective & noun. E19.
[from Elizabeth, the name of two queens, the 1st of England and the 2nd of the UK + -AN.]
A. adjective.
Of, belonging to, or characteristic of the period of Elizabeth I (reigned 1558-1603), Queen of England. E19.
T. Hood A large Elizabethan ruff.
Of or belonging to the period of Elizabeth II (reigned from 1952), Queen of the United Kingdom. M20.
b. noun.
A person, esp. a poet or dramatist, of the reign of Elizabeth I. Usu. in pl. E19.
A person of the reign of Elizabeth II. M20.
Elizabethanism noun (a) a work of literature of the period of Elizabeth I; (b) a manner or style characteristic or imitative of that of her reign: L19.