What (who) is Crown - definition

PRECIOUS ITEM OF HEADWEAR, SYMBOLIZING THE POWER OF A RULER

Crowns; Types of crowns; Crown (regalia); 👑; Nuptial crown; Crown (headgear)

crown

(crowns, crowning, crowned)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

A crown is a circular ornament, usually made of gold and jewels, which a king or queen wears on their head at official ceremonies. You can also use crown to refer to anything circular that is worn on someone's head.

...a crown of flowers.

N-COUNT

The government of a country that has a king or queen is sometimes referred to as the Crown. In British criminal cases the prosecutor is the Crown.

She says the sovereignty of the Crown must be preserved.

...a Minister of the Crown.

...chief witness for the Crown.

N-PROPER: the N

When a king or queen is crowned, a crown is placed on their head as part of a ceremony in which they are officially made king or queen.

Elizabeth was crowned in Westminster Abbey on 2 June 1953...

Two days later, Juan Carlos was crowned king.

...the newly crowned King.

VERB: usu passive, be V-ed, be V-ed n, V-ed

Your crown is the top part of your head, at the back.

He laid his hand gently on the crown of her head.

N-COUNT: usu sing, usu with supp

A crown is an artificial top piece fixed over a broken or decayed tooth.

N-COUNT

In sport, winning an important competition is sometimes referred to as a crown.

...his dream of a fourth Wimbledon crown.

N-COUNT: oft n N

An achievement or event that crowns something makes it perfect, successful, or complete.

The summit was crowned by the signing of the historic START treaty.

...the crowning achievement of his career.

VERB: V n, V-ing

crown

¦ noun

1. a circular ornamental headdress worn by a monarch as a symbol of authority.

(the Crown) the monarchy or reigning monarch.

a wreath of leaves or flowers, especially that worn as an emblem of victory in ancient Greece or Rome.

2. an award or distinction gained by a victory or achievement, especially in sport.

3. the top or highest participle

the top part of a person's head or a hat.

the upper branching part of a tree or other plant.

the upper part of a cut gem, above the girdle.

4. the part of a tooth projecting from the gum.

an artificial replacement or covering for the upper part of a tooth.

5. a British coin with a face value of five shillings or 25 pence, now minted only for commemorative purposes.

6. (in full metric crown) a paper size, 384 . 504 mm.

(in full crown octavo) a book size, 186 . 123 mm.

(in full crown quarto) a book size, 246 . 189 mm.

¦ verb

1. ceremonially place a crown on the head of (someone) to invest them as a monarch.

declare to be the best, especially at a sport: he was crowned world champion.

(in draughts) promote (a piece) to king by placing another on top of it.

2. rest on or form the top of.

3. be the triumphant culmination of (an effort or endeavour).

4. fit a crown to (a tooth).

5. informal hit on the head.

6. (of a baby's head during labour) fully appear in the vaginal opening prior to emerging.

Origin

ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. corune (n.), coruner (v.), OFr. corone, coroner, from L. corona 'wreath, chaplet'.

Crown

·- ·p.p. of Crow.

II. Crown ·noun The dome of a furnace.

III. Crown ·- of Crow.

IV. Crown ·noun The part of a hat above the brim.

V. Crown ·noun The topmost part of anything; the summit.

VI. Crown ·noun ·same·as Corona.

VII. Crown ·noun The upper range of facets in a rose diamond.

VIII. Crown ·noun Highest state; acme; consummation; perfection.

IX. Crown ·noun Imperial or regal power or dominion; sovereignty.

X. Crown ·noun The bights formed by the several turns of a cable.

XI. Crown ·noun The area inclosed between two concentric perimeters.

XII. Crown ·noun The rounding, or rounded part, of the deck from a level line.

XIII. Crown ·noun That part of an anchor where the arms are joined to the shank.

XIV. Crown ·noun A size of writing paper. ·see under Paper.

XV. Crown ·noun Anything which imparts beauty, splendor, honor, dignity, or finish.

XVI. Crown ·noun A royal headdress or cap of sovereignty, worn by emperors, kings, princes, ·etc.

XVII. Crown ·noun An ornaments or decoration representing a crown; as, the paper is stamped with a crown.

XVIII. Crown ·noun To effect a lodgment upon, as upon the crest of the glacis, or the summit of the breach.

XIX. Crown ·noun To cover, decorate, or invest with a crown; hence, to invest with royal dignity and power.

XX. Crown ·noun A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure.

XXI. Crown ·noun The part of a tooth which projects above the gum; also, the top or grinding surface of a tooth.

XXII. Crown ·noun The person entitled to wear a regal or imperial crown; the sovereign;

- with the definite article.

XXIII. Crown ·noun To cause to round upward; to make anything higher at the middle than at the edges, as the face of a machine pulley.

XXIV. Crown ·noun The vertex or top of an arch;

- applied generally to about one third of the curve, but in a pointed arch to the apex only.

XXV. Crown ·noun To bestow something upon as a mark of honor, dignity, or recompense; to Adorn; to Dignify.

XXVI. Crown ·noun To form the topmost or finishing part of; to Complete; to Consummate; to Perfect.

XXVII. Crown ·noun The topmost part of the head (see ·Illust. of Bird.); that part of the head from which the hair descends toward the sides and back; also, the head or brain.

XXVIII. Crown ·noun A wreath or garland, or any ornamental fillet encircling the head, especially as a reward of victory or mark of honorable distinction; hence, anything given on account of, or obtained by, faithful or successful effort; a reward.

XXIX. Crown ·noun A coin stamped with the image of a crown; hence,a denomination of money; as, the English crown, a silver coin of the value of five shillings sterling, or a little more than $1.20; the Danish or Norwegian crown, a money of account, ·etc., worth nearly twenty-seven cents.

Wikipedia

Crown

A crown is a traditional form of head adornment, or hat, worn by monarchs as a symbol of their power and dignity. A crown is often, by extension, a symbol of the monarch's government or items endorsed by it. The word itself is used, particularly in Commonwealth countries, as an abstract name for the monarchy itself, as distinct from the individual who inhabits it (that is, The Crown). A specific type of crown (or coronet for lower ranks of peerage) is employed in heraldry under strict rules. Indeed, some monarchies never had a physical crown, just a heraldic representation, as in the constitutional kingdom of Belgium, where no coronation ever took place; the royal installation is done by a solemn oath in parliament, wearing a military uniform: the King is not acknowledged as by divine right, but assumes the only hereditary public office in the service of the law; so he in turn will swear in all members of "his" federal government.

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