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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
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, Elizabeth II]
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, Elizabeth I]

Merriam Webster's

I. biographical name name of 2 English British queens: I 1533-1603 daughter of Henry VIII & Anne Boleyn (reigned 1558-1603); II 1926- Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; daughter of George VI (reigned 1952- ) II. biographical name also Elizabeth Stuart 1596-1662 queen of Frederick V of Bohemia III. biographical name 1900-2002 Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon ; queen of George VI of Great Britain IV. biographical name 1843-1916 pseudonym Carmen Sylva queen of Romania & writer V. geographical name 1. short river SE Virginia flowing between cities of Norfolk & Portsmouth into Hampton Roads 2. city & port NE New Jersey SW of Newark on Newark Bay population 120,568