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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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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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

He begged of high and low—of the shoeless cottage brat and the coroneted duke.

From Shirley by Brontë, Charlotte

The coroneted duchess would have been a costlier merchandise than the wreathed dancer!

From Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) by Lever, Charles James

As she left the room, there was a clatter of hoofs outside, and looking through the window, I saw the coroneted berline whirled rapidly away by four vigorous posters.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 by Various

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