Elizabethan

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Elizabethan
       adj : of or relating to Queen Elizabeth I of England or to the age
             in which she ruled; "Elizabethan music"
       n : a person who lived during the reign of Elizabeth I; "William
           Shakespeare was an Elizabethan"