coronet

[ kawr-uh-net, kor- ]
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noun
  1. a small crown.

  2. a crown worn by nobles or peers.

  1. a crownlike ornament for the head, as of gold or jewels.

  2. an ornament, more or less pedimental in form, situated over a door or window.

  3. the lowest part of the pastern of a horse or other hoofed animal, just above the hoof.

  4. Also called crest coronet. Heraldry. a crownlike support for a crest, used in place of a torse.

Origin of coronet

1
First recorded in 1350–1400, coronet is from the Middle English word corounet.See crown, -et

Other words from coronet

  • cor·o·net·like, adjective

Words Nearby coronet

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How to use coronet in a sentence

  • 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. Farrar
  • A 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

coronet

/ (ˈkɒrənɪt) /


noun
  1. any small crown, esp one worn by princes or peers as a mark of rank

  2. a woman's jewelled circlet for the head

  1. the margin between the skin of a horse's pastern and the horn of the hoof

  2. the knob at the base of a deer's antler

  3. heraldry a support for a crest shaped like a crown

Origin of coronet

1
C15: from Old French coronete a little crown, from corone crown

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