Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To deprive of a crown; discrown.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb rare To deprive of a crown; to discrown.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb transitive To deprive of a crown; to discrown.

Etymologies

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de- +‎ crown

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Examples

  • But I think that those who think they can decrown this guy after 20 years of being on radio are underestimating a game that they have never played before.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Digg 2009

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