Definition of elizabeth
(noun)
daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the
death of her
father (1926-); "Elizabeth II is the
head of
state in Great Britain"
Queen of England from 1558 to 1603;
daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn; she succeeded Mary I (who was a Catholic) and restored Protestantism to England; during her
reign Mary Queen of Scots was
executed and the Spanish Armada was defeated; her
reign was
marked by
prosperity and
literary genius (1533-1603)