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coronet

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Scrabble points
9
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11
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈkɒɹənɪt/ (UK)
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/ˈkɒɹənɪt/ (UK) · /kɒɹəˈnɛt/ (UK) · /ˈkɔɹənɪt/ (US) · /kɔɹəˈnɛt/ (US)

Definition of coronet

5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A small crown, such as is worn by a noble.
    “[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.”
    “Kind hearts are more than coronets, / And simple faith than Norman blood.”
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noun

  1. A small crown, such as is worn by a noble.
    “[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.”
    “Kind hearts are more than coronets, / And simple faith than Norman blood.”
  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 of species Craniophora ligustri of moths.

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Etymology

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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