elizabethan

adj. relating to the time when Queen Elizabeth I ruled England (1558–1603).

adj. pertaining to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England, typically used to describe the culture, literature, and architecture of the late 16th century.

“We studied Elizabethan poetry, including the famous sonnets by William Shakespeare.”

“The Elizabethan era is often regarded as a golden age in English history, marked by significant maritime expansion and the flourishing of drama.”

adj. relating to the time when Queen Elizabeth II ruled the UK (1952–2022).

adj. pertaining to the reign of Queen Elizabeth II; often qualified as 'New Elizabethan' or 'Second Elizabethan' to distinguish it from the 16th-century era.

“The museum held an exhibition about Elizabethan fashion from the 1950s.”

“Commentators often debated whether the Second Elizabethan age would be remembered for its technological revolutions or its social transformations.”

Formal

n. a person, especially a famous writer, who lived during the time of Queen Elizabeth I.

n. a person who lived during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, frequently used in a literary context to refer to playwrights and poets of that period.

“Shakespeare is perhaps the most famous Elizabethan in history.”

“The scholar argued that the Elizabethans viewed the relationship between the monarch and the state very differently than we do today.”

Academic