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ELIZABETH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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)
Synonyms:
Elizabeth; Elizabeth I
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
Queen of England (the sovereign ruler of England)
Holonyms ("Elizabeth" is a member of...):
House of Tudor; Tudor (an English dynasty descended from Henry Tudor; Tudor monarchs ruled from Henry VII to Elizabeth I (from 1485 to 1603))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father (1926-)
Example:
Elizabeth II is the head of state in Great Britain
Synonyms:
Elizabeth; Elizabeth II
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
Queen of England (the sovereign ruler of England)
Holonyms ("Elizabeth" is a member of...):
House of Windsor; Windsor (the British royal family since 1917)
Context examples:
This study points to the importance of long-term research, especially long-term experiments to understand the complex changes that are happening to Earth's living systems, said Elizabeth Blood, a program director for NSF's Division of Biological Infrastructure.
(Environmental change is triggering an identity switch in grasslands, National Science Foundation)
I was unwilling to quit the sight of those that remained to me, and above all, I desired to see my sweet Elizabeth in some degree consoled.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
The unhappiness produced by the knowledge of that engagement had been a little put aside by Elizabeth Martin's calling at Mrs. Goddard's a few days afterwards.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Elizabeth had nothing to propose of deeper efficacy.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
“He is also handsome,” replied Elizabeth, “which a young man ought likewise to be, if he possibly can. His character is thereby complete.”
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Beth did look, and turned pale with delight and surprise, for there stood a little cabinet piano, with a letter lying on the glossy lid, directed like a sign board to "Miss Elizabeth March."
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
He was warm, and bungling of speech, and very happy, as he replied to her, and there was dancing in his mind, throughout the telephone conversation, the memory of Browning and of sickly Elizabeth Barrett.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
She joined the hands of Elizabeth and myself.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
I shall always have a great regard for the Miss Martins, especially Elizabeth, and should be very sorry to give them up, for they are quite as well educated as me.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
But she was very anxious to have it done with the least possible pain to him and Elizabeth.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
