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coroneted

or cor·o·net·ted

[kawr-uh-ni-tid, -net-id, kor-, kawr-uh-net-id, kor-]
adjective
  1. wearing or entitled to wear a coronet.
  2. of noble birth.
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Origin of coroneted

First recorded in 1740–50; coronet + -ed3
Related formsun·cor·o·net·ed, adjective
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Examples from the Web for coroneted

Historical Examples

  • The fatuity of vicious and coroneted youth outstripped his discretion.

    Viviette

    William J. Locke

  • He liked great people, crowned heads, and after them coroneted ones.

    Luttrell Of Arran

    Charles James Lever

  • Some hold that virtue in rags is less worth than vice when coroneted.

  • Tristram March held a coroneted note in his hands while he made this announcement to the company.

    The Incendiary

    W. A. (William Augustine) Leahy

  • She seemed to have some difficulty in beginning, and finally put a note with a coroneted cipher into his hand.

British Dictionary definitions for coroneted

coroneted

adjective
  1. wearing a coronet
  2. belonging to the peerage
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