Elizabethan
adjective
uk/iˌlɪz.əˈbiː.θən/us/iˌlɪz.əˈbiː.θən/from orrelatingto theperiodof Britishhistoryduring theruleof Queen Elizabeth I (1558-1603):
ThisbeautifulElizabethanmanorhousehasdelightedvisitorsforcenturies.
Englishliterature,art,architecture, andmusicflourishedin the Elizabethanageof the late sixteenthcentury.
from orrelatingto theperiodof Britishhistoryduring theruleof Queen Elizabeth II (1952-2022):
Elizabeth IIrepresentedthedawnof a new Elizabethanera.
The second ElizabethanAgehad come to aclose.
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Carolean
Caroline
Georgian
Jacobean
Victorian
- Part 1 is set in ElizabethanEngland, when theCatholictraditionwas undersiege.
- Burghleyhouseis thelargestandgrandesthouseof the first ElizabethanAge.
- The second Elizabethanagewasmarkedbydecolonisationand thelossofempire.
Renaissance: 1501 to 1899
- ancien régime
- buccaneer
- bustle
- Carolean
- Caroline
- conquistador
- Jacobean
- Marian
- masque
- privateer
- reformation
- regency
- renaissance
- restoration
- the First Fleet
- the Industrial Revolution
- the Wild West
- Victorian
- Victoriana
- Whig
Elizabethan
noun[C]
uk/iˌlɪz.əˈbiː.θən/us/iˌlɪz.əˈbiː.θən/apersonlivingduring theperiodwhen Elizabeth I wasqueenofEngland(1558-1603):
SirFrancis Drake was afamousElizabethan.弗朗西斯‧德雷克爵士是伊丽莎白一世时代的一位赫赫有名的人物。
Elizabethansrarelycleanedtheirteethbutinsteadgargledwithsugarwatertosweetenthebreath.
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Victorian
Renaissance: 1501 to 1899
- ancien régime
- buccaneer
- bustle
- Carolean
- Caroline
- conquistador
- Jacobean
- Marian
- masque
- privateer
- reformation
- regency
- renaissance
- restoration
- the First Fleet
- the Industrial Revolution
- the Wild West
- Victorian
- Victoriana
- Whig