coronet
a small crown.
a crown worn by nobles or peers.
a crownlike ornament for the head, as of gold or jewels.
an ornament, more or less pedimental in form, situated over a door or window.
the lowest part of the pastern of a horse or other hoofed animal, just above the hoof.
Also called crest coronet. Heraldry. a crownlike support for a crest, used in place of a torse.
Origin of coronet
1Other words from coronet
- cor·o·net·like, adjective
Words Nearby coronet
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How to use coronet in a sentence
In “The Adventure of the Beryl coronet,” a banker is nearly deceived by his own niece to the tune of £50,000 and his good name.
For all my posing I made straight As, had a mouth full of braces, and played the coronet and the flugelhorn in the school band.
For the third time she watched a coronet slip through her strong determined impotent fingers.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonShe was quite still while he arranged her coronet, looking up in his face with loving eyes, with a peaceful composure.
Ruth | Elizabeth Cleghorn GaskellThe bride's wreath is a Christian substitute for the gilt coronet all Jewish brides wore.
I see through it all, Julian Home; you would gladly get rid of me, that Violet may wear a coronet.
Julian Home | Dean Frederic W. FarrarA grand barouche and pair dashes up to your door, probably with a ducal coronet on the panels.
Spanish Life in Town and Country | L. Higgin and Eugne E. Street
British Dictionary definitions for coronet
/ (ˈkɒrənɪt) /
any small crown, esp one worn by princes or peers as a mark of rank
a woman's jewelled circlet for the head
the margin between the skin of a horse's pastern and the horn of the hoof
the knob at the base of a deer's antler
heraldry a support for a crest shaped like a crown
Origin of coronet
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