coronet

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noun

A small crown, such as is worn by a noble.

Similar
ensignsecond lieutenantfirst NATO commissioned officer grade above OF-0 trainee officer
OriginMiddle French couronnette ← Old French coronete ← Latin corona →
Less commonScrabble 9
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Meanings

nouncoronet (plural coronets)

plural coronets

  1. A small crown, such as is worn by a noble.

    Kind hearts are more than coronets, / And simple faith than Norman blood.

    1842, Alfred Tennyson, “Lady Clara Vere de Vere”, in Poems. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 158
    1 more example

    [T]he fair star / That gems the glittering coronet of morn, / Sheds not a light so mild, so powerful, / As that which, bursting from the Fairy's form, / Spread a purpureal halo round the scene, / Yet with an undulating motion, / Swayed to her outline gracefully.

    1813, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Canto I”, in Queen Mab; […], London: […] P. B. Shelley, […], →OCLC, page 6
  2. The ring of tissue between a horse's hoof and its leg.
  3. The traditional lowest regular commissioned officer rank in the cavalry.
  4. Any of several hummingbirds in the genus Boissonneaua.
  5. Any member of the species Craniophora ligustri of moths.

Synonyms & antonyms

Similar
ensignsecond lieutenantfirst NATO commissioned officer grade above OF-0 trainee officer
Also see
crownensignsecond lieutenant

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekκορώνη“a type of sea-bird, perhaps shearwater; a crow; anything curved or hooked (like a door handle or the tip of a bow); a type of crown”
  2. Latincorona
  3. Old Frenchcoronete
  4. Middle Frenchcouronnette
  5. Englishcoronet

From Middle French couronnette, from Old French coronete, diminutive of corone (“crown”), from Latin corona, from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē, “a type of sea-bird, perhaps shearwater; a crow; anything curved or hooked (like a door handle or the tip of a bow); a type of crown”).

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Translations

Bulgarian диадема
  • диадема (diadema)A small crown worn by a noble
Finnish ruunu
  • ruunuring of tissue between a horse's hoof and leg
French couronne
  • couronnering of tissue between a horse's hoof and leg
German Adelskrone
  • AdelskroneA small crown worn by a noble
Polish koronka, koronka
  • koronkaA small crown worn by a noble
  • koronkaring of tissue between a horse's hoof and leg

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Crotone
Cite this entry
APA

coronet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coronet

MLA

“coronet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coronet. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coronet,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coronet.

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