noun
1. 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
• Syn: ↑Elizabeth II
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑Queen of England
• Member Holonyms: ↑Windsor, ↑House of Windsor
2. 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)
• Syn: ↑Elizabeth I
• Derivationally related forms: ↑Elizabethan (for: ↑Elizabeth I)
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑Queen of England
• Member Holonyms: ↑Tudor, ↑House of Tudor
Useful english dictionary. 2012.