coronet

American  

[kawr-uh-net, kor-] / ˌkɔr əˈnɛt, ˌkɒr- /

noun

1. a small crown.

2. a crown worn by nobles or peers.

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

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

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

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

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coronet British  

/ 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

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

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

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

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Other Word Forms

• coronetlike
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of coronet

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

Example Sentences

By then, my parents were U.S. citizens and we lived in a two-story, two-bedroom brick house in a sweet Atlanta neighborhood called Coronet Way.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Nickel Creek played an intimate warmup show at Largo at the Coronet for a lucky crowd Wednesday that piled into the L.A. theater for a night of skillful, spellbinding folk music.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2024

That’s the baseline ticket price to go to most shows at Largo at the Coronet, one of L.A. comedy’s crown jewels.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2022

But Hurley bided his time with hobbies he’d acquired over eight decades — fermenting homegrown apples, studying antique radios, tending his 1973 Dodge Coronet, growing mustard greens.

From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2021

Lord High Chancellor, wearing his Coronet, and bearing his Purse.

From Coronation Anecdotes by Gossip, Giles