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Revision as of 01:29, 17 June 2020
See also: Crown
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English coroune, croune, crowne, from Anglo-Norman coroune, curune, corone (French couronne), from Latin corōna (“garland, crown, wreath”), from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē). Doublet of corona.
- (paper size): So called because originally watermarked with a crown.
Pronunciation
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Audio (CA): (file) - Rhymes: -aʊn
Noun
crown (plural crowns)
- A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem.
- A wreath or band for the head, especially one given as reward of victory or a mark of honor.
- (by extension) Any reward of victory or mark of honor.
- Imperial or regal power, or those who wield it.
- (metonymically) The sovereign (in a monarchy), as head of state.
- (Can we date this quote by Blackstone and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Parliament may be dissolved by the demise of the crown.
- (Can we date this quote by Blackstone and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- (by extension, especially in law) The state, the government (headed by a monarch).
- Treasure recovered from shipwrecks automatically becomes property of the Crown.
- The top part of something:
- The topmost part of the head.
- 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
- From toe to crown he'll fill our skin with pinches.
- (Can we date this quote by Bunyan and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Twenty things which I set down: / This done, I twenty more had in my crown.
- The highest part of a hill.
- Template:RQ:Dryden Aeneid
- the steepy crown of the bare mountains
- Template:RQ:Dryden Aeneid
- The top section of a hat, above the brim.
- The raised centre of a road.
- The highest part of an arch.
- The upper range of facets in a rose diamond.
- The dome of a furnace.
- The topmost part of the head.
- (architecture) A kind of spire or lantern formed by converging flying buttresses.
- Splendor; culmination; acme.
- Synonyms: completion, culmination, finish, splendor
- Any currency (originally) issued by the crown (regal power) and often bearing a crown (headdress); (translation) various currencies known by similar names in their native languages, such as the koruna, kruna, krone, korona.
- (historical) A former pre-decimalization British coin worth five shillings.
- 1859, J.C. Hotten, A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words
- Half-a-crown is known as an alderman, half a bull, half a tusheroon, and a madza caroon; whilst a crown piece, or five shillings, may be called either a bull, or a caroon, or a cartwheel, or a coachwheel, or a thick-un, or a tusheroon.
- 1859, J.C. Hotten, A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words
- (botany) The part of a plant where the root and stem meet.
- (forestry) The top of a tree.
- (anatomy) The part of a tooth above the gums.
- Synonym: corona
- (dentistry) A prosthetic covering for a tooth.
- (nautical) A knot formed in the end of a rope by tucking in the strands to prevent them from unravelling
- (nautical) The part of an anchor where the arms and the shank meet
- (nautical) The rounding, or rounded part, of the deck from a level line.
- (nautical, in the plural) The bights formed by the turns of a cable.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Totten to this entry?)
- (paper) In England, a standard size of printing paper measuring 20 × 15 inches.
- (paper) In American, a standard size of writing paper measuring 19 × 15 inches.
- (chemistry) A monocyclic ligand having three or more binding sites, capable of holding a guest in a central location
- (medicine) During childbirth, the appearance of the baby's head from the mother's vagina
- 2007, David Schottke, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, First Responder: Your First Response in Emergency Care, page 385
- You will see the baby's head crowning during contractions, at which time you must prepare to assist the mother in the delivery of the baby.
- 2007, David Schottke, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, First Responder: Your First Response in Emergency Care, page 385
- (firearms) A rounding or smoothing of the barrel opening
- (geometry) The area enclosed between two concentric perimeters.
- (religion) A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure.
- A whole bird with the legs and wings removed to produce a joint of white meat.
- (African-American Vernacular, colloquial) A formal hat worn by women to Sunday church services; a church crown.
- 2013, Adam Boulton, Tony's Ten Years: Memories of the Blair Administration[1]:
- "His [Barack Obama's] unofficial slogan 'fired up and ready to go!' was borrowed from an 'old lady in a church crown [Sunday best hat]."
- The knurled knob or dial, on the outside of a watch case, used to wind it or adjust the hands.
Derived terms
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Translations
royal headdress
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representation of such a headdress
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wreath or band for the head
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reward
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imperial or regal power
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sovereign
topmost part of the head
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highest part of a hill
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top of a hat
centre of a road
highest part of an arch
splendor, culmination, acme
any currency issued by the crown
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former British coin worth five shillings
part of a plant where the root and stem meet
top of a tree
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anatomy: part of tooth
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dentistry: prosthetic covering for a tooth
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nautical: knot formed in the end of a rope
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part of an anchor
nautical: rounding of the deck
nautical: bights formed by the turns of a cable
paper: standard size of printing paper
chemistry: monocyclic ligand having three or more binding sites
medical: appearance of the baby's head from the mother's vagina
firearms: rounding or smoothing of the barrel opening
upper range of facets in a rose diamond
dome of a furnace
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geometry: area enclosed between two concentric perimeters
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religion: round spot shaved clean on the top of the head — see tonsure
whole bird with the legs and wings removed
formal hat worn by women to Sunday church services
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- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
Translations to be checked
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Adjective
crown (not comparable)
- Of, related to, or pertaining to a crown.
- crown prince
- Of, related to, pertaining to the top of a tree or trees.
- a crown fire
Translations
Verb
crown (third-person singular simple present crowns, present participle crowning, simple past and past participle crowned)
- To place a crown on the head of.
- To formally declare (someone) a king, queen, emperor, etc.
- (Can we date this quote by Dryden and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Her who fairest does appear, / Crown her queen of all the year.
- (Can we date this quote by Dryden and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- To bestow something upon as a mark of honour, dignity, or recompense; to adorn; to dignify.
- (Can we date this quote?) Bible, Psalms 8:5
- Thou […] hast crowned him with glory and honour.
- (Can we date this quote?) Bible, Psalms 8:5
- To form the topmost or finishing part of; to complete; to consummate; to perfect.
- To declare (someone) a winner.
- 2011 October 23, Tom Fordyce, “2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France”, in BBC Sport[2]:
- New Zealand were crowned world champions for the first time in 24 years after squeezing past an inspired France team by a single point.
- (medicine) Of a baby, during the birthing process; for the surface of the baby's head to appear in the vaginal opening.
- The mother was in the second stage of labor and the fetus had just crowned, prompting a round of encouragement from the midwives.
- (transitive) To cause to round upward; to make anything higher at the middle than at the edges, such as the face of a machine pulley.
- To hit on the head.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 6, in The China Governess[3]:
- &lquo;[…] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”. We nearly crowned her we were so offended. She saw us but she didn't know us, did she?’.
- (video games) To shoot an opponent in the back of the head with a shotgun in a first-person shooter video game.
- (board games) In checkers, to stack two checkers to indicate that the piece has become a king.
- “Crown me!” I said, as I moved my checker to the back row.
- (firearms) To widen the opening of the barrel.
- (military) To effect a lodgment upon, as upon the crest of the glacis, or the summit of the breach.
- (nautical) To lay the ends of the strands of (a knot) over and under each other.
Derived terms
Translations
to place a crown on the head of
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to formally declare one a king or emperor
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to bestow something upon as a mark of honour
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to form the topmost or finishing part of
to declare one a winner
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medicine: of a baby, to appear in the vaginal opening
to cause to round upward
to hit on the head
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video games: to shoot in the back of the head
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checkers: to stack two checkers to indicate that the piece has become a king
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firearms: to widen the opening of the barrel
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military: to effect a lodgment upon
nautical: to lay the ends of the strands over and under each other
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See also
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Verb
crown
- (archaic) past participle of crow
- 1823, Byron, Don Juan
- The cock had crown.
- 1823, Byron, Don Juan
Middle English
Noun
crown
- Alternative form of coroune
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