Elizabethan

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Pertaining to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, monarch of England and Ireland, from 1558 to 1603.

   “Although the potato actually has no exciting value, it was believed, in the seventeenth century, to possess definite aphrodisiac qualities, and is frequent mentioned in this respect in Elizabethan drama.”

2. sıfat Often preceded by new or second: pertaining to the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, monarch of the United Kingdom, from 1952 to 2022.

   “(The second Elizabethan era, that is. I’m not a maniac.)”

3. sıfat Pertaining to the reign of Empress Elizabeth of Russia, from 1741 to 1762.

   “In any case, his [Peter III’s] action was a complete reversal of the Elizabethan policy, and his offer of unconditional peace eliminated Russia’s chance to secure concessions from Frederick.”

4. isim A person (especially a writer) who lived during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, monarch of England and Ireland, from 1558 to 1603.
5. isim A person who lived during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, monarch of the United Kingdom, from 1952 to 2022.

   “The ‘New Elizabethans’ were to be in continuity with their past, but also youthful, inventive, exploratory – a spirit most clearly to be seen in the arts.”