Wiktionary:Word of the day/April 21

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Elizabethan adj

Pertaining to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, monarch of England and Ireland, from 1558 to 1603. Often preceded by new or second: pertaining to the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, monarch of the United Kingdom, from 1952 to 2022. Elizabethan n A person (especially a writer) who lived during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, monarch of England and Ireland, from 1558 to 1603. A person who lived during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, monarch of the United Kingdom, from 1952 to 2022. Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning British monarch, was born on this day in 1926.

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