Crown

/kɹaʊ̯n/ · noun

Meaning

(clothing, monarchy) A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem..

Definitions by Sense

1. (clothing, monarchy) A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem.
2. A wreath or band for the head, especially one given as reward of victory or a mark of honor.
3. (by extension) Any reward of victory or mark of honor.
4. Imperial or regal power, or those who wield it.
5. (metonymic) The sovereign (in a monarchy), as head of state.
6. (by extension, especially in law) The state, the government (headed by a monarch).
7. (old slang) The police (referring to Crown Victoria police cars).
8. The top part of something:

Example Sentences

Before so many of Europe's crowns came tumbling off the heads of their royal owners, Continental Europe could show a rich variety in the matter of royal trains.

the martyr’s crown

A parliament may be diſſolved by the demiſe of the crown.

Treasure recovered from shipwrecks automatically becomes property of the Crown.

Large arrears of pay were due to the civil and military servants of the crown; and only forty thousand pounds remained in the Exchequer.

[…] happie in our mutual help/ And mutual love, the Crown of all our bliſs/ Ordain'd by thee, […]

Half-a-crown is known as an alderman, half a bull, half a tusheroon, and a madza caroon; whilst a crown piece, or five shillings, may be called either a bull, or a caroon, or a cartwheel, or a coachwheel, or a thick-un, or a tusheroon.

There is no difficulty getting married in Jamaica, is there? No, it only costs half a crown.

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• crowns
• crowning
• crowned

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