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Definition of “coronet

coronet (ˈkɒrənɪtPronunciation for coronet

Definitions

noun

  1. any small crown, esp one worn by princes or peers as a mark of rank
  2. a woman's jewelled circlet for the head
  3. the margin between the skin of a horse's pastern and the horn of the hoof
  4. the knob at the base of a deer's antler
  5. heraldry a support for a crest shaped like a crown

Word Origin

C15: from Old French coronete  a little crown, from coronecrown

Usage examples

  • And there, like a coronet , still recognisable after fifty-two years, were woven sprigs of lavender.
    Dexter Petley, WHITE LIES (2003)
  • Ambolene suffered a small lesion to the outside near hind coronet.
    The Advertiser, Sunday Mail (2004)
  • Evening dress: red, light blue collar, white facings, silver buttons with M and coronet
    Times, Sunday Times (2002)
  • Law and bad jokes till we are forty, and then, with the most brilliant success, the prospect of gout and a coronet.
    Christopher Hibbert, DISRAELI: A Personal History (2004)

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