elizabeth i
n · noun
Simple meaning
A two-part 2005 British-American historical drama television serial directed by Tom Hooper, written by Nigel Williams, and starring Helen Mirren as Elizabeth I of England.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ɪˈlɪzəbəθaɪ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
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n
A two-part 2005 British-American historical drama television serial directed by Tom Hooper, written by Nigel Williams, and starring Helen Mirren as Elizabeth I of England.
Elizabeth I is a three-part British docudrama first broadcast in 2017 about Elizabeth I, and starring Lily Cole as Elizabeth and Vincent Kerschbaum as Duke of Feria.
7 September 153324 March 1603
Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603.
noun
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)
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This meaning: A two-part 2005 British-American historical drama television serial directed by Tom Hooper, written by Nigel Williams, and starring Helen Mirren as Elizabeth I of England.
Used this way, elizabeth i is a specialist word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It turns up most in historical writing contexts.
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