"Elizabethan" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ɪˌlɪzəˈbiːθ(ə)n/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əˌlɪzəˈbiθ(ə)n/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Elizabethan.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more Elizabethan [comparative], most Elizabethan [superlative]
Rhymes: -iːθən 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). Etymology templates: {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|adjective}} adjective, {{glossary|agent noun}} agent noun, {{suffix|en|Elizabeth|an|pos2=suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives; and forming agent nouns}} Elizabeth + -an (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives; and forming agent nouns) Head templates: {{en-adj}} Elizabethan (comparative more Elizabethan, superlative most Elizabethan)
  1. Pertaining to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, monarch of England and Ireland, from 1558 to 1603. Synonyms: Elizabethian
    Sense id: en-Elizabethan-en-adj-GlAk0uyS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -an Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 22 9 21 24 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 27 19 16 17 21 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -an: 29 19 12 19 21
  2. Often preceded by new or second: pertaining to the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, monarch of the United Kingdom, from 1952 to 2022. Translations (pertaining to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, monarch of England and Ireland; or to the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, monarch of the United Kingdom): 伊麗莎白時代的 (Chinese Mandarin), 伊丽莎白时代的 (Chinese Mandarin), alžbětinský (Czech), elizabethaans (Dutch), Elizabeta (Esperanto), elisabetiaaninen (Finnish), élisabéthain (French), ελισαβετιανός (elisavetianós) (Greek), elisabettiano (Italian), elżbietański (Polish), elisabetano (Portuguese), isabelino (Portuguese), elisabetan (Romanian), isabelino (Spanish), elisabetansk (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-Elizabethan-en-adj-SXA4EY92 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 22 9 21 24 Disambiguation of 'pertaining to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, monarch of England and Ireland; or to the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, monarch of the United Kingdom': 41 52 7
  3. Pertaining to the reign of Empress Elizabeth of Russia, from 1741 to 1762.
    Sense id: en-Elizabethan-en-adj-DThcIZhf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Elizabethan collar, Elizabethan English, Elizabethanise, Elizabethanize, elizabethanize, Elizabethanism, Elizabethanness, Elizabethan sonnet, Jacobethan, Tudorbethan

Noun [English]

IPA: /ɪˌlɪzəˈbiːθ(ə)n/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əˌlɪzəˈbiθ(ə)n/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Elizabethan.wav [Southern-England] Forms: Elizabethans [plural]
Rhymes: -iːθən 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). Etymology templates: {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|adjective}} adjective, {{glossary|agent noun}} agent noun, {{suffix|en|Elizabeth|an|pos2=suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives; and forming agent nouns}} Elizabeth + -an (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives; and forming agent nouns) Head templates: {{en-noun}} Elizabethan (plural Elizabethans)
  1. A person (especially a writer) who lived during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, monarch of England and Ireland, from 1558 to 1603.
    Sense id: en-Elizabethan-en-noun-WEEEsNiI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 22 9 21 24
  2. A person who lived during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, monarch of the United Kingdom, from 1952 to 2022. Translations (person who lived during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, monarch of England and Ireland; or the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, monarch of the United Kingdom): kuningatar Elisabetin valtakaudella elänyt (Finnish), elżbietanin [masculine] (Polish), elżbietańczyk [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-Elizabethan-en-noun-HLCrYSN9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 22 9 21 24 Disambiguation of 'person who lived during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, monarch of England and Ireland; or the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, monarch of the United Kingdom': 39 61

Inflected forms

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          "text": "The Elizabethan age is slowly drawing to a close. The end of Prince Philip's long life is a dress rehearsal for its final curtain, when the country will find itself reviewing what it has become, the choices it has made. […] There is just time to see off the rotten party that brought the country low, and end the Elizabethan era with some of the optimism with which it began.",
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          "text": "Not everything that occurred in the early 1950s may usefully be dubbed ‘New Elizabethan’ without emptying the concept of its meaning. […] [I]t becomes clear that British people in the 1950s looked all over for resources to fund their thinking and actions, including to Tudor revivals that were in fact much older, such as in music, and to several periods of the past that were not Elizabethan.",
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          "text": "The Elizabethan age is slowly drawing to a close. The end of Prince Philip's long life is a dress rehearsal for its final curtain, when the country will find itself reviewing what it has become, the choices it has made. […] There is just time to see off the rotten party that brought the country low, and end the Elizabethan era with some of the optimism with which it began.",
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