a feminine name: dim. Bess, Bessie, Beth, Betsy, Betty, Elsie, Libby, Lisa, Liz; var. Elisabeth, Eliza
Bible the mother of John the Baptist and a kinswoman of Mary: Luke 1
1533-1603; queen of England (1558-1603): daughter of Henry VIII & Anne Boleyn
(born Elizabeth Alexandra Mary) 1926-; queen of Great Britain & Northern Ireland (1952-); head of the Commonwealth; daughter of George VI
city in NE N.J., adjacent to Newark: pop. 121,000
See Elizabeth in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(ĭ-lĭzˈə-bəth)
In the New Testament, the mother of John the Baptist and a kinswoman of Mary.
(ĭ-lĭzˈə-bəth) 1843-1916.
Queen of Romania (1881-1916) and poet who wrote under the pseudonym Carmen Sylva.
(ĭ-lĭzˈə-bəth) 1900-2002.
Queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1936-1952) as the wife of George VI.
(ĭ-lĭzˈə-bəth)
A city of northeast New Jersey south of Newark. Settled as Elizabethtown in 1664, it was the capital of New Jersey until 1686 and is today a residential suburb of New York City. Population: 126,000.