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coroneted

American  
[kawr-uh-ni-tid, -net-id, kor-, kawr-uh-net-id, kor-] / ˈkɔr ə nɪ tɪd, -ˌnɛt ɪd, ˈkɒr-, ˌkɔr əˈnɛt ɪd, ˌkɒr- /
Or coronetted

adjective

  1. wearing or entitled to wear a coronet.

  2. of noble birth.


coroneted British  
/ ˌkɒrəˈnɛtɪd /

adjective

  1. wearing a coronet

  2. belonging to the peerage

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of coroneted

First recorded in 1740–50; coronet + -ed 3

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The play was chiefly enjoyable for the purring, nimble, coroneted acting of Ina Claire.

From Time Magazine Archive

His grades to date: 24 A's and A-pluses, four B-pluses, one B. Venus Imperiale is the title of her newest film, and coroneted Gina Lollobrigida, 33, looked type-cast for the part.

From Time Magazine Archive

Within late years they were spoken of by the very old inhabitants of Okehampton, Devon, and stories of the coroneted clothes, &c. were current.

From Notes and Queries, Number 237, May 13, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Various

I hold a score of heads within my hands— Heads—noble heads—right honourable heads— Stand where you are! ay, coroneted heads— Nay, whisper not!

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 by Various

The boxes are well patronized by coroneted women.

From My Trip Around the World August, 1895-May, 1896 by Eleonora Hunt

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