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- proper noun Queen Elizabeth II. of the United Kingdom, born 1926.
- proper noun Elizabeth I., the Queen of England from 1558 to 1603. She was the daughter of Henry VIII. and Anne Boleyn (1533-1603).
- proper noun Saint Elizabeth of Hungary; Born at Presburg, Hungary 1207, died died at Marburg, Germany, Nov. 19, 1231. She was a Hungarian princess, daughter of Andrew II. of Hungary, and wife of Louis, landgrave of Thuringia, celebrated for her sanctity.
- proper noun a city in Union County in northeastern New Jersy, pop. ca. 106,000. It lies between Newark to the north and Linden to the south, and has a large port, regulated by the Port of New York Authority. It also contains most of the runway area of the Newark International Airport.
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- proper noun A female
given name , popular since the 16th century. - proper noun The mother of John the Baptist (written Elisabeth in later versions of the Bible).
- proper noun
Elisheba , the wife ofAaron .
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- 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)
- noun daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father (1926-)
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Examples
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ED SMART, ELIZABETH SMART'S FATHER: Well, you know, originally, we had so many people ask us to help them with book deals or they were going to do book deals or movies and, I mean, the morning after Elizabeth came home this started happening.
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DAVID SMART, ELIZABETH SMART'S UNCLE: You know, it didn't really sink in until last night when I was able to hug Elizabeth and just tell her how much we loved her and cared about her.
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ED SMART, ELIZABETH SMART'S FATHER: Well, you know, originally, we had so many people ask us to help them with book deals or they were going to do book deals or movies and, I mean, the morning after Elizabeth came home this started happening.
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ED SMART, FATHER OF ELIZABETH SMART: You know, if you can hear me, Elizabeth is the sweetest girl.
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ROBERT LACEY, AUTHOR, "MONARCH: THE LIFE AND REIGN OF ELIZABETH II": Well, of course, it's difficult to compare her to the first Elizabeth who was the executive head of state.
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ED SMART, FATHER OF ELIZABETH SMART:: ... was wanting to release Elizabeth, and I don't know how credible the correspondence was.
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LOIS SMART, ELIZABETH SMART'S MOTHER: Elizabeth, we love you.
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DAVE SMART, ELIZABETH SMART'S UNCLE: We're not going to hang our hat on, I mean, we're just not, we're not going to hang our hat on anything until we have Elizabeth in our hands, in our arms.
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EDWARD SMART, ELIZABETH SMART'S FATHER: We would ask everyone, you know, whether they're going on vacation or whatever they're doing to please keep their eyes and ears open for her, that we still feel confident that it is going to be through the eyes and ears that we find Elizabeth.
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ED SMART, FATHER OF ELIZABETH SMART: You know, the worst part is missing Elizabeth.
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