uncrowned

[ uhn-kround ]

adjective

1. not crowned; not having yet assumed the crown.
2. having royal rank or power without occupying the royal office.

uncrowned

/ ʌnˈkraʊnd /

adjective

1. having the power of royalty without the title
2. not having yet assumed the crown
3. uncrowned king or uncrowned queen
   a man or woman of high status among a certain group

Word History and Origins

Origin of uncrowned¹

First recorded in 1350–1400, uncrowned is from the Middle English word uncrouned. See un- ¹, crowned

Example Sentences

At the time, I was with him in Paris producing a film about the Windsor jewels for the BBC1 ( The Uncrowned Jewels).

From The Daily Beast

He was the great hero of the age, the uncrowned King of America and from all over the section crowds flocked to do him honor.

From Project Gutenberg

Thus day by day the uncrowned satraps were collecting material for the coming carnival of vice and crime.

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Over all lise reigned an uncrowned queen, with no constitution, written or unwritten, to hamper her royal will.

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Ill beseems the good Yudhishthir, royal Pandu's righteous son, Homage to an uncrowned chieftain, to the lowly honour done!

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Time-worn and uncrowned, but stiff and upright still, they seem to be set there so solidly that nothing could ever overthrow them.

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