elizabethan Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a person who lived during the reign of Elizabeth I
    • William Shakespeare was an Elizabethan
  2. adjective of or relating to Elizabeth I of England or to the age in which she ruled as queen
    • Elizabethan music

WordNet

E*liz"a*beth`an adjective
Definitions
  1. Pertaining to Queen Elizabeth or her times, esp. to the architecture or literature of her reign; as, the Elizabethan writers, drama, literature. -- n. One who lived in England in the time of Queen Elizabeth. Lowell.

Webster 1913