elizabeth : Idioms & Phrases

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elizabeth barrett browning

  • noun English poet best remembered for love sonnets written to her husband Robert Browning (1806-1861)
    Browning.
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elizabeth cady stanton

  • noun United States suffragist and feminist; called for reform of the practices that perpetuated sexual inequality (1815-1902)
    Stanton.
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elizabeth cleghorn stevenson gaskell

  • noun English writer who is remembered for her biography of Charlotte Bronte (1810-1865)
    Gaskell; Elizabeth Cleghorn Stevenson Gaskell.
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elizabeth cochrane seaman

  • noun muckraking United States journalist who exposed bad conditions in mental institutions (1867-1922)
    Nellie Bly; Seaman; Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman.
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elizabeth gaskell

  • noun English writer who is remembered for her biography of Charlotte Bronte (1810-1865)
    Gaskell; Elizabeth Cleghorn Stevenson Gaskell.
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elizabeth haldane

  • noun Scottish writer and sister of Richard Haldane and John Haldane (1862-1937)
    Haldane; Elizabeth Haldane.
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elizabeth i

  • 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)
    Elizabeth.
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elizabeth ii

  • noun daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father (1926-)
    Elizabeth.
    • Elizabeth II is the head of state in Great Britain
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elizabeth merriwether gilmer

  • noun United States journalist who wrote a syndicated column of advice to the lovelorn (1870-1951)
    Gilmer; Dorothy Dix.
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elizabeth palmer peabody

  • noun educator who founded the first kindergarten in the United States (1804-1894)
    Elizabeth Palmer Peabody; Peabody.
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elizabeth peabody

  • noun educator who founded the first kindergarten in the United States (1804-1894)
    Elizabeth Palmer Peabody; Peabody.
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elizabeth river

  • noun a short river in southeastern Virginia flowing between Norfolk and Portsmouth into Hampton Roads
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elizabeth sanderson haldane

  • noun Scottish writer and sister of Richard Haldane and John Haldane (1862-1937)
    Haldane; Elizabeth Haldane.
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elizabeth seaman

  • noun muckraking United States journalist who exposed bad conditions in mental institutions (1867-1922)
    Nellie Bly; Seaman; Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman.
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elizabeth seton

  • noun United States religious leader who was the first person born in the United States to be canonized (1774-1821)
    Elizabeth Seton; Mother Seton; Seton.
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elizabeth taylor

  • noun United States film actress (born in England) who was a childhood star; as an adult she often co-starred with Richard Burton (born in 1932)
    Taylor.
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frances elizabeth caroline willard

  • noun United States advocate of temperance and women's suffrage (1839-1898)
    Willard.
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harriet elizabeth beecher stowe

  • noun United States writer of a novel about slavery that advanced the abolitionists' cause (1811-1896)
    Harriet Beecher Stowe; Stowe.
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kathryn elizabeth smith

  • noun United States singer noted for her rendition of patriotic songs (1909-1986)
    Smith; Kate Smith.
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saint elizabeth ann bayley seton

  • noun United States religious leader who was the first person born in the United States to be canonized (1774-1821)
    Elizabeth Seton; Mother Seton; Seton.
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