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elizabeth
(encz) | Elizabeth,Alžběta Zdeněk Brož |
elizabeth
(encz) | Elizabeth,Eliška Zdeněk Brož |
elizabeth
(encz) | Elizabeth,Elizabeth n: [jmén.] příjmení, město - Spojené státy americké,
ženské křestní jméno Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
elizabeth
(czen) | Elizabeth,Elizabethn: [jmén.] příjmení, město - Spojené státy americké,
ženské křestní jméno Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Elizabeth
(gcide) | Elizabeth \Elizabeth\ prop. n. [a proper name from the Hebrew,
probably meaning " God of the oath" or " oath of God".]
1. Queen Elizabeth II. of the United Kingdom, born 1926.
Syn: Elizabeth II.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. Elizabeth I., the Queen of England from 1558 to 1603. She
was the daughter of Henry VIII. and Anne Boleyn
(1533-1603).
Syn: Elizabeth I.
[WordNet 1.5]
Note: Elizabeth was born at Greenwich, near London, Sept. 7,
1533: died at Richmond, near London, March 24, 1603.
She reigned as Queen of England from 1558 to 1603. She
was the daughter of Henry VIII. and Anne Boleyn; was
brought up in the Protestant faith; studied the
classical languages under Roger Ascham; and is said to
have been proficient in French and Italian. On her
accession she appointed as secretary of state Sir
William Cecil (later Baron Burleigh), who remained her
chief adviser for forty years, until his death in 1598.
She repealed the Roman Catholic legislation of the
previous reign, reenacted the laws of Henry VIII.
relating to the church, published the Thirty-nine
Articles (1563), and completed the establishment of the
Anglican Church. In 1564 she concluded the treaty of
Troyes with France, by which she renounced her claims
to Calais in consideration of 220,000 crowns. In 1587
she signed the death-warrant of Mary Queen of Scots,
who, expelled by a rebellion of her subjects, had taken
refuge in England in 1568, and who, by means, it is
said, of forged documents, had been involved by the
government in a conspiracy of Savage, Ballard,
Babington, and others against Queen Elizabeth. In 1588
her admiral Howard, assisted by Drake, Hawkins,
Frobisher, Winter, and Raleigh defeated the Spanish
Armada in the English Channel, and prevented an
invasion of England. Her reign, which was one of
commercial enterprise and of intellectual activity, was
made illustrious by Shakespeare, Sidney, Spenser,
Bacon, and Ben Jonson.
[Century Dict.]
3. Saint Elizabeth of Hungary; Born at Presburg, Hungary
1207, died died at Marburg, Germany, Nov. 19, 1231. She
was a Hungarian princess, daughter of Andrew II. of
Hungary, and wife of Louis, landgrave of Thuringia,
celebrated for her sanctity.
[PJC]
4. a city in Union County in northeastern New Jersy, pop. ca.
106,000. It lies between Newark to the north and Linden to
the south, and has a large port, regulated by the Port of
New York Authority. It also contains most of the runway
area of the Newark International Airport.
[PJC] |
elizabeth
(wn) | Elizabeth
n 1: daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and
Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father
(1926-); "Elizabeth II is the head of state in Great
Britain" [syn: Elizabeth, 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) [syn: Elizabeth, Elizabeth I] |
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elizabethan
(encz) | Elizabethan,alžbětinský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
elizabethanize
(encz) | Elizabethanize, |
elizabethanizes
(encz) | Elizabethanizes, |
elizabethans
(encz) | Elizabethans, |
Elizabeth
(gcide) | Elizabeth \Elizabeth\ prop. n. [a proper name from the Hebrew,
probably meaning " God of the oath" or " oath of God".]
1. Queen Elizabeth II. of the United Kingdom, born 1926.
Syn: Elizabeth II.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. Elizabeth I., the Queen of England from 1558 to 1603. She
was the daughter of Henry VIII. and Anne Boleyn
(1533-1603).
Syn: Elizabeth I.
[WordNet 1.5]
Note: Elizabeth was born at Greenwich, near London, Sept. 7,
1533: died at Richmond, near London, March 24, 1603.
She reigned as Queen of England from 1558 to 1603. She
was the daughter of Henry VIII. and Anne Boleyn; was
brought up in the Protestant faith; studied the
classical languages under Roger Ascham; and is said to
have been proficient in French and Italian. On her
accession she appointed as secretary of state Sir
William Cecil (later Baron Burleigh), who remained her
chief adviser for forty years, until his death in 1598.
She repealed the Roman Catholic legislation of the
previous reign, reenacted the laws of Henry VIII.
relating to the church, published the Thirty-nine
Articles (1563), and completed the establishment of the
Anglican Church. In 1564 she concluded the treaty of
Troyes with France, by which she renounced her claims
to Calais in consideration of 220,000 crowns. In 1587
she signed the death-warrant of Mary Queen of Scots,
who, expelled by a rebellion of her subjects, had taken
refuge in England in 1568, and who, by means, it is
said, of forged documents, had been involved by the
government in a conspiracy of Savage, Ballard,
Babington, and others against Queen Elizabeth. In 1588
her admiral Howard, assisted by Drake, Hawkins,
Frobisher, Winter, and Raleigh defeated the Spanish
Armada in the English Channel, and prevented an
invasion of England. Her reign, which was one of
commercial enterprise and of intellectual activity, was
made illustrious by Shakespeare, Sidney, Spenser,
Bacon, and Ben Jonson.
[Century Dict.]
3. Saint Elizabeth of Hungary; Born at Presburg, Hungary
1207, died died at Marburg, Germany, Nov. 19, 1231. She
was a Hungarian princess, daughter of Andrew II. of
Hungary, and wife of Louis, landgrave of Thuringia,
celebrated for her sanctity.
[PJC]
4. a city in Union County in northeastern New Jersy, pop. ca.
106,000. It lies between Newark to the north and Linden to
the south, and has a large port, regulated by the Port of
New York Authority. It also contains most of the runway
area of the Newark International Airport.
[PJC] |
Elizabethan
(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] |
elizabeth barrett browning
(wn) | Elizabeth Barrett Browning
n 1: English poet best remembered for love sonnets written to
her husband Robert Browning (1806-1861) [syn: Browning,
Elizabeth Barrett Browning] |
elizabeth cady stanton
(wn) | Elizabeth Cady Stanton
n 1: United States suffragist and feminist; called for reform of
the practices that perpetuated sexual inequality
(1815-1902) [syn: Stanton, Elizabeth Cady Stanton] |
elizabeth cleghorn stevenson gaskell
(wn) | Elizabeth Cleghorn Stevenson Gaskell
n 1: English writer who is remembered for her biography of
Charlotte Bronte (1810-1865) [syn: Gaskell, {Elizabeth
Gaskell}, Elizabeth Cleghorn Stevenson Gaskell] |
elizabeth cochrane seaman
(wn) | Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman
n 1: muckraking United States journalist who exposed bad
conditions in mental institutions (1867-1922) [syn:
Seaman, Elizabeth Seaman, Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman,
Nellie Bly] |
elizabeth gaskell
(wn) | Elizabeth Gaskell
n 1: English writer who is remembered for her biography of
Charlotte Bronte (1810-1865) [syn: Gaskell, {Elizabeth
Gaskell}, Elizabeth Cleghorn Stevenson Gaskell] |
elizabeth haldane
(wn) | Elizabeth Haldane
n 1: Scottish writer and sister of Richard Haldane and John
Haldane (1862-1937) [syn: Haldane, Elizabeth Haldane,
Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane] |
elizabeth i
(wn) | Elizabeth I
n 1: 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) [syn: Elizabeth, Elizabeth I] |
elizabeth ii
(wn) | Elizabeth II
n 1: daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and
Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father
(1926-); "Elizabeth II is the head of state in Great
Britain" [syn: Elizabeth, Elizabeth II] |
elizabeth merriwether gilmer
(wn) | Elizabeth Merriwether Gilmer
n 1: United States journalist who wrote a syndicated column of
advice to the lovelorn (1870-1951) [syn: Gilmer,
Elizabeth Merriwether Gilmer, Dorothy Dix] |
elizabeth palmer peabody
(wn) | Elizabeth Palmer Peabody
n 1: educator who founded the first kindergarten in the United
States (1804-1894) [syn: Peabody, Elizabeth Peabody,
Elizabeth Palmer Peabody] |
elizabeth peabody
(wn) | Elizabeth Peabody
n 1: educator who founded the first kindergarten in the United
States (1804-1894) [syn: Peabody, Elizabeth Peabody,
Elizabeth Palmer Peabody] |
elizabeth river
(wn) | Elizabeth River
n 1: a short river in southeastern Virginia flowing between
Norfolk and Portsmouth into Hampton Roads |
elizabeth sanderson haldane
(wn) | Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane
n 1: Scottish writer and sister of Richard Haldane and John
Haldane (1862-1937) [syn: Haldane, Elizabeth Haldane,
Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane] |
elizabeth seaman
(wn) | Elizabeth Seaman
n 1: muckraking United States journalist who exposed bad
conditions in mental institutions (1867-1922) [syn:
Seaman, Elizabeth Seaman, Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman,
Nellie Bly] |
elizabeth seton
(wn) | Elizabeth Seton
n 1: United States religious leader who was the first person
born in the United States to be canonized (1774-1821) [syn:
Seton, Elizabeth Seton, {Saint Elizabeth Ann Bayley
Seton}, Mother Seton] |
elizabeth taylor
(wn) | Elizabeth Taylor
n 1: United States film actress (born in England) who was a
childhood star; as an adult she often co-starred with
Richard Burton (born in 1932) [syn: Taylor, {Elizabeth
Taylor}] |
elizabethan
(wn) | Elizabethan
adj 1: of or relating to Elizabeth I of England or to the age in
which she ruled as queen; "Elizabethan music"
n 1: a person who lived during the reign of Elizabeth I;
"William Shakespeare was an Elizabethan" |
elizabethan age
(wn) | Elizabethan age
n 1: a period in British history during the reign of Elizabeth I
in the 16th century; an age marked by literary achievement
and domestic prosperity |
elizabethan sonnet
(wn) | Elizabethan sonnet
n 1: a sonnet consisting three quatrains and a concluding
couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab
cdcd efef gg [syn: Shakespearean sonnet, {Elizabethan
sonnet}, English sonnet] |
frances elizabeth caroline willard
(wn) | Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard
n 1: United States advocate of temperance and women's suffrage
(1839-1898) [syn: Willard, {Frances Elizabeth Caroline
Willard}] |
harriet elizabeth beecher stowe
(wn) | Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe
n 1: United States writer of a novel about slavery that advanced
the abolitionists' cause (1811-1896) [syn: Stowe,
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe] |
kathryn elizabeth smith
(wn) | Kathryn Elizabeth Smith
n 1: United States singer noted for her rendition of patriotic
songs (1909-1986) [syn: Smith, Kate Smith, {Kathryn
Elizabeth Smith}] |
saint elizabeth ann bayley seton
(wn) | Saint Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton
n 1: United States religious leader who was the first person
born in the United States to be canonized (1774-1821) [syn:
Seton, Elizabeth Seton, {Saint Elizabeth Ann Bayley
Seton}, Mother Seton] |
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