Elizabethan

Origin

Elizabeth + -an

Full definition of Elizabethan

Adjective

1. Pertaining to the reign of Elizabeth I of England.
• 1963, Margery Allingham, The China Governess Chapter 6, ‘… I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”. â€¦â€™.

Derived terms

• Jacobethan
• Tudorbethan

Synonyms

• Elizabethian