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

Two years after “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” aired its final episode in 2022, its 66-year-old host re-entered the spotlight with a Thursday night set at Largo at the Coronet Theatre.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 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

Ingram — in the driver’s seat of his dad’s Dodge Coronet — headed out into the countryside of Washington, Indiana.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 29, 2022

Miss Coronet fed her imagination with the hope of meeting her father's noble pupils in after-life, and in the meantime read fashionable novels.

From The Young Duke by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield