Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small crown worn by princes and princesses and by other nobles below the rank of sovereign.
- noun A chaplet or headband decorated with gold or jewels.
- noun The upper margin of a horse's hoof.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To adorn as with a coronet.
- noun A coronal, circlet, or wreath for the head.
- noun A crown representing a dignity inferior to that of the sovereign.
- noun In modern costume, a decorative piece forming a part of a woman's head-dress, especially a plate or band, as of metal, broad in the middle and half encircling the head in front.
- noun Same as
coronal , 2. - noun In entomology, a circle of spines, hairs, etc., around the apex of a part, as around the end of the abdomen.
- noun The lowest part of the pastern of a horse, running about the coffin and distinguished by the hair that joins and covers the upper part of the hoof. Also
cornet . See cut underhoof . - noun In botany, same as
corona , especially in a diminutive sense; also formerly applied to a whorl of small flowers, as in some labiate plants, and to small heads of umbelliferous and composite plants. - noun The bur at the base of an antler.
- noun An erroneous form of
cornet , 7.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An ornamental or honorary headdress, having the shape and character of a crown; particularly, a crown worn as the mark of high rank lower than sovereignty. The word is used by Shakespeare to denote also a kingly crown.
- noun (Far.) The upper part of a horse's hoof, where the horn terminates in skin.
- noun (Anc. Armor) The iron head of a tilting spear; a coronel.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A small crown worn by a noble. In the British system, they are worn only at coronations. The German equivalent is Adelskrone.
- noun The ring of tissue between a horse's
hoof and its leg.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun margin between the skin of the pastern and the horn of the hoof
- noun a small crown; usually indicates a high rank but below that of sovereign
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Are you sure this Vandyked sort of a coronet is right for the lion to dance on?
The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B. 1903
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It was nigh four of the clock ere her Grace came from the Abbey; and she came in a gown of purple velvet, with the crown upon her head, and every noble and noble lady following in cramoisie, and on their heads crownets [the old form of the word coronet] of gold.
Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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At one side of the coronet was a cracked edge, where a corner holding three gems had been torn away.
Sole Music 2010
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June 30, 2009 at 12:24 pm dikshunaree sez: “a coronet is a small crown and a tiara is a jeweled coronet”
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The proudest woman in the world consents to bend herself to this ignominy, and own that a coronet is a bribe sufficient for her honour!
The Newcomes 2006
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And so had they -- they really wanted her to be the Duchess of Cornwall as such than they could have given her a royal duchess coronet, which is somewhat different.
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The coronet was the largest gold piece in circulation in Mazonia.
If I Pay Thee Not In Gold Lackey, Mercedes 1993
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The minds within the youth reacted, saying the coronet was another product of the Library.
The Swordbearer Cook, Glen 1982
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You may, for instans, call a coronet an 'ancestral coronal,' if you like, as you might call a hat a 'swart sombrero,' a glossy four-and-nine,
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 33, December, 1873 Various
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At one side of the coronet was a cracked edge, where a corner holding three gems had been torn away.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1950
chained_bear commented on the word coronet
A small or inferior crown; specifically a crown denoting a dignity inferior to that of the sovereign, worn by the nobility, and varying in form according to rank.
February 5, 2007
treeseed commented on the word coronet
See Georgette crepe
February 6, 2008
hernesheir commented on the word coronet
A crown-like structure in the milkweed flower, internal to and protruding above the corolla, formed from fleshy appendages of the adnate stamens or staminodes. The elements of the coronet are, among the many species, variously boat-shaped and horned.
See visuals at Asclepias. In the example with red-orange and yellow flowers, the red-orange structures are the petals, the yellow the coronet.
January 4, 2012