decrown

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UK/diːˈkɹaʊn/

verb

To deprive of a crown; to discrown.

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discrownuncrown
OriginFrench découronner →
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Meanings

verbdecrown (third-person singular simple present decrowns, present participle decrowning, simple past and past participle decrowned)

present singular third person decrowns · participle present decrowning · participle past decrowned · past decrowned · alternative de-crown

  1. transitiveTo deprive of a crown; to discrown.

    the Popes […] authority to decrowne Kings

    1630, Thomas Adams, “The Contagion of Sinne”, in The Workes of Thomas Adams

    Synonyms: discrown, uncrown

  2. transitivedentistryTo decoronate (a tooth).
  3. transitiveTo remove the crown of a pineapple, strawberry, etc.
  4. figurativelytransitiveTo deprive of supremacy or exaltedness.

    Laughter for laughter's sake and the allied mocking of social values and decrowning of all dogmatic forms of authority this entails.

    2013, Isher-Paul Sahni, “More than Horseplay”, in Studies in Popular Culture, volume 35, page 70

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo deprive of a crown; to discrown.

Similar
discrownuncrown
Also see
coronectomizedecoronatediscrownuncrownunsceptre

Origin

  1. Frenchdécouronner
  2. Englishdecrown

From de- + crown, or French découronner.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

crownedCrowden
Cite this entry
APA

decrown. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decrown

MLA

“decrown.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decrown. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “decrown,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decrown.

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