Elizabeth - Definition
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]