coronet
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| —n | |
| 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 |
| [C15: from Old French coronete a little crown, from corone | |
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Word Origin & History
coronet
"a small crown," 1494, from O.Fr. coronete, dim. of corone "a crown," from L. corona "crown."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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coronet
in Great Britain, ceremonial headdress of a peer or peeress, still worn with robes at a coronation and adorned along its rim with ornaments varying with the rank of the wearer: 8 strawberry leaves for a duke; 4 leaves and 4 silver balls for a marquess; 8 balls on tall points with strawberry leaves between for an earl; 16 small, close-set balls for a viscount; and 6 larger balls, more widely spaced, for a baron. The coronet is silver gilt and has an inner cap of crimson velvet with a gilt tassel and a narrow border of ermine
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Example sentences
The coronet, or crown, on a seahorse's head is as unique as a fingerprint.
A coronet is a small crown consisting of ornaments fixed on a metal ring.
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