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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Elizabethan \E*liz"a*beth'an\, prop. a. Pertaining to Queen Elizabeth I. or her times, esp. to the architecture or literature of her reign; as, the Elizabethan writers, drama, literature. -- n. One who lived in England in the time of Queen Elizabeth. --Lowell. From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: adjective 1: of or relating to Queen Elizabeth I of England or to the age in which she ruled; "Elizabethan music" noun 1: a person who lived during the reign of Elizabeth I; "William Shakespeare was an Elizabethan" |
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