Elizabethan

adjective Eliz·a·be·than \i-ˌli-zə-ˈbē-thən\

: relating to Queen Elizabeth I of England or the time when she ruled (1558 to 1603)

Full Definition of ELIZABETHAN

: of, relating to, or characteristic of Elizabeth I of England or her reign

— Elizabethan noun

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1807

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