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Elizabeth   /ɪlˈɪzəbəθ/  /ɪlˈɪzəbɪθ/   Listen
Elizabeth

noun
1.
Daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father (1926-).  Synonym: Elizabeth II.
2.
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).  Synonym: Elizabeth I.



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"Elizabeth" Quotes from Famous Books



... to Haseloff, in spite of their primitive style, reveal a bizarre plastic talent, and are therefore closely related to her intuitions. Alfred Peltzer speaks of "fantastic figures surrounded by flames." The two other nuns were Elizabeth of Schoenau, and Herrad of Landsberg; these two were entirely under the influence of the ...
— The Evolution of Love • Emil Lucka

... of Richmond came. We have just finished the battle of Bosworth Field. Then he married Elizabeth of York, and so they wore the ...
— Melbourne House, Volume 2 • Susan Warner

... a trance, faced Mr Powell, from whom I learned that we were bound to Port Elizabeth first, and signed my name on the Articles of the ship Ferndale as second mate—the voyage not to ...
— Chance - A Tale in Two Parts • Joseph Conrad

... Daniel Cromelin, John Pintard, Abraham Pontereau, Peter Burton, Stephen Bourdet, Paul Pinaud, Peter Fauconnier. As the same old chronicle says: 'Here followeth the names of the widow women, and others, members of the same church:' Rachel Ebrard, Elizabeth Heurtin, Marie Anne Ablin, Magdalene Fauconnier, Anne Bachan, Mary Perot, Susanne Magle Bosset, Mary Sergeran, Esther Bouniot, Marquise Boyteul, Martha Brown, Renee Mary Rou, Judith Morget, Martha Pentereau, ...
— The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 - Devoted to Literature and National Policy • Various

... you're hinting at, Elizabeth, between Gray Stoddard and me," she said sharply. Memory of what Gray had (as she supposed) followed her into the library to say to her wrung a sort of groan from the girl. "I suppose Matilda's told you that we had—had some conversation in the ...
— The Power and the Glory • Grace MacGowan Cooke


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