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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of, relating to, or characteristic of Elizabeth I of England or her reign.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who lived during the Elizabethan period; especially a poet, or dramatist of that period.
  • Of or pertaining to Elizabeth (daughter of Henry VIII. and Anne Boleyn), Queen of England from 1558 to 1603, or to her times.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Pertaining to Queen Elizabeth I. or her times, esp. to the architecture or literature of her reign.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Pertaining to the reign of Queen Elizabeth.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective of or relating to Elizabeth I of England or to the age in which she ruled as queen
  • noun a person who lived during the reign of Elizabeth I

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Elizabeth +‎ -an

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